o Obtaining the aforesaid abilities / power by women acting as a group is also called empowerment of power within. Provision of certain abilities / power to women who were a group that was entitled to less or no power for generations and effecting change in gender based relationships and structures in the society through it is done by empowerment of women. o As a result women and men both make an equal contribution to the activities of the household and common field and men do not dispossess their power due to empowerment of women. However, suffering that women have undergone due to the domination of men on women comes to an end. Both men and women are entitled to the right of taking decisions regarding their lives. Activity 3 Identifying various approaches and process in empowerment • Provide five minutes to participants to internalise the definitions of empowerment described above. • Provide five minutes to discuss questions participants may have on the definitions. • Divide the participants into small groups of five members in each group. • Prepare 30 cards 06 colours each five cards having one similar colour or prepare cards having pictures of birds or fruits as is described above. Mix them and divide them among the participants. Participants who have similar colours / fruits / birds should make one group. • Give instructions to discuss the manner in which the member of their own group could be empowered and write those opinions in a flip chart. • Conduct the discussion through a group leader. (Provide 20 minutes for this) • Ask the Groups to present facts identified by the group through a group leader. (10 minutes for each group) • Discuss about the empowerment process using the aforesaid facts. 49