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Empowerment Practice: A Focus on Battered Women

Deborah Valentine

Department of Social Work, College of Health Sciences, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071.

During the past two decades, empowerment theory has gained popularity as a way to develop social policy reforms, programs, and practices related to oppressed and disenfranchised populations. This article applies the principles of empowerment practice to address the needs of battered women, and it discusses the implications for social work practice.

Affilia, Vol. 15, No. 1, 82-95 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/08861090022093840


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