Recent Trends in Socıal Work in the Context of Women Empowerment

Yıl 2017, Cilt: 3 Sayı: 3, 132 - 139, 01.10.2017

Magdalena Pokrzywa Dorota Rynkowska

Öz

The aim of this article is to present the assumptions and principles of empowerment as a new trend in social work, particularly with regard to women, who are a special category of social welfare recipients. Social welfare and social work provide an important support system to individuals and social groups facing difficult personal situations that are impossible to overcome without assistance. One of new trends in social work is empowerment. Empowerment can be achieved either through micro-scale activities such as: self-help groups, networking, consciousness-raising groups, local social projects, educational and charitable projects as well as macro-scale measures. More and more studies prove that there are social problems affecting women more often than men. The essence of women empowerment is striving to make a person or a family look at themselves and the surrounding reality from a different perspective, which is supposed to help them see and recognize their strengths, skills and abilities, so that they can begin the change process. 

Anahtar Kelimeler

Social work, gender, empowerment, women, social problems

Recent Trends in Socıal Work in the Context of Women Empowerment

Öz

The aim of this article is to present the assumptions and principles of
empowerment as a new trend in social work, particularly with regard to women,
who are a special category of social welfare recipients. Social welfare and
social work provide an important support system to individuals and social
groups facing difficult personal situations that are impossible to overcome
without assistance. One of new trends in social work is empowerment.
Empowerment can be achieved either through micro-scale activities such as:
self-help groups, networking, consciousness-raising groups, local social
projects, educational and charitable projects as well as macro-scale measures.
More and more studies prove that there are social problems affecting women
more often than men. The essence of women empowerment is striving to make
a person or a family look at themselves and the surrounding reality from a
different perspective, which is supposed to help them see and recognize their
strengths, skills and abilities, so that they can begin the change process.  

Anahtar Kelimeler

Social work, gender, empowerment, women, social problems

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