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Andrea Cornwall and Nana Akua Anyidoho critically examine empowerment in an introduction to how to go beyond mainstream interpretations of empowerment to discover what is happening in women's lives that is bringing about positive change.
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Introduces the major themes of the journal issue on empowerment and gender
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Cornwall, A., Anyidoho, N. Introduction: Women's Empowerment: Contentions and contestations. Development 53, 144–149 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1057/dev.2010.34
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