Resumo:
Cecilia M. B. Sardenberg reflects upon the experience of
NEIM – the Nucleus of Interdisciplinary Women’s Studies of the
Federal University of Bahia – in engaging with ‘empowerment’. NEIM
has been involved in 27 years of activism in order to bring about
changes, both structural as well as in women’s individual lives,
towards insuring greater autonomy for women and our increasing
participation in decision-making. She opens up questions about how
to engage more directly and more openly with the concept of
empowerment, and considering its theoretical underpinnings and
their methodological as well as wider political implications.
