Empowerment Newsletter (Apr./May 2004)

Feature Article: Knowledge is Power: Communication for Empowerment

To many, the virtues of empowerment may seem self-evident. A number of development organizations, including the World Bank, have begun to see the value in a) establishing environments where poor people can flourish, and b) equipping them with the capabilities to do so. However, such endeavors can be very complicated as they are often complex, multi-faceted, and involve a shift in resource or power allocation which can be perceived as threatening. Full Article

Calendar of Events

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Announcements/Points of Interest

• Development Outread article: "Voice and Accountability in Service Delivery," by Anne Marie Goetz and Rob Jenkins
• E-discussion: Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and Gender Equality
• Conflict Prevention and Reconstruction Unit Working Paper 11: Timor-Leste Community Empowerment Project (CEP)
• E-Forum on the principles of inclusion, cohesion and accountability
• Video discussion: Porto Alegre: An Interesting Example
• "What Works in Girl's Education and Policies from the Developing World," by Gene Sperling and Barbara Herz

In the News

• Afghan women empowered through livelihood training
• Rise in fatal attacks on journalists
• Empowered sex workers help combat HIV in India
• Does South Africa's Black Economic Empowerment initiative pose a threat to investors?
• Why is a legal aid fund for the poor and vulnerable going unused?
• After years of violence, women in Jammu and Kashmir seek empowerment
• Empowering ethnic minorities in Nepal

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