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ENGAGING
WITH EMPOWERMENT:
AN INTELLECTUAL EXPERIENTIAL JOURNEY
Srilatha Batliwala
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In this fascinating collection of writings, Srilatha
Batliwala, feminist thinker and practitioner,
explores the many dimensions of what empowerment means for,
and to, women. Looking back on a life lived through
commitment to a cause-rather than to an organisation or to a
sector—and working for it at many levels and locations,
she traces the evolution of the concept from the late 1980s till
now, unraveling its ambiguities, highlighting insights
gained through practice, and analysing how, and why,
it has been depoliticised and reduced by the state and aid agencies.
Along the way, Batliwala traverses key sectors,
including education for women, politics outside political
systems, grassroots movements, energy for sustainable
development, and a controversial questioning of a rights-based
approach to women's equality.
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SRILATHA
BATLIWALA
feminist activist and researcher,
is Civil Society Research Fellow at the Hauser Center for Nonprofit
Organizations, Harvard University. She worked for 25 years
in India in a range of social change and gender justice activities
that spanned grassroots organising, advocacy and research,
with a deep commitment to gender equality and the women's movement
in India. She has published extensively on a range of development
and women's issues.
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