What is it about?
The socio-cognitive empowerment of women, mediated through learning spaces, can open up the potential to develop mindfulness and improve the quality of life for female populations.
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Why is it important?
We thought this model may be particularly useful for women in similar societies, for example, other Middle East countries. The results of our analysis suggest that it is possible to empower women through creating learning-spaces where women can better express their feelings and thoughts to gain knowledge and consciousness about themselves, their capacities and environmental resources, and consequently increase their opportunities to achieve their goals.
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This page is a summary of: Towards a Conceptual Framework for Socio-cognitive Empowerment: Lessons from Intervention Research with Women in Iran, Clinical Social Work Journal, February 2015, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/s10615-015-0518-5.
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