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Empowering women in social work practice

A Hong Kong case

Lai-Ching Leung

Department of Applied Social Studies, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, sslc{at}cityu.edu.hk

English

The postmodernist feminist notion of empowerment and its integration in social work practice for women in Hong Kong are examined. Four areas of reflections on empowerment practice are highlighted for discussion, namely the reconceptualization of power, the fact that the personal is political, the dilemma of difference and the relationship between empowerer and the empowered.

French

Ce texte examine les notions d'`empowerment' dans le féminisme postmoderniste et son intégration dans les pratiques de travail social auprès des femmes à Hong Kong. Quatre angles de réflexions sur les pratiques d'`empowerment' y sont identifiés et discutés: la reconceptualisation du pouvoir; le personnel est politique; le dilemme de la différence; et la relation entre la personne qui `tente de rendre du pouvoir' et celle qui `développe son pouvoir'.

Spanish

Se examina la noción feminista posmoderna de `apoderamiento' y su integración en la práctica del trabajo social con referencia a las mujeres de Hong Kong. Se señalan para examen cuatro áreas de apoderamiento: reconceptualización del poder, el axioma de `lo personal es político', el dilema de la diferencia y la relación entre quien `apodera' y el que es `apoderado'.

International Social Work, Vol. 48, No. 4, 429-439 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0020872805053467
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