In social work and community psychology Empowerment

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in social work, empowerment offers approach allows social workers increase capacity self-help of clients. example, allows clients not seen passive, helpless victims rescued instead self-empowered person fighting abuse/ oppression; fight, in social worker takes position of facilitator, instead of position of rescuer .

marginalized people lack self-sufficiency become, @ minimum, dependent on charity, or welfare. lose self-confidence because cannot self-supporting. opportunities denied them deprive them of pride of accomplishment others, have opportunities, can develop themselves. in turn can lead psychological, social , mental health problems. marginalized here refers overt or covert trends within societies whereby perceived lacking desirable traits or deviating group norms tend excluded wider society , ostracized undesirables.