Women’s Empowerment: A Case Study of an Educational Program in Rural India

• In Event: Images of Women Across Cultures

Abstract

In this study, we present a case study of a women’s education program in India where the participants are encouraged to be active agents of self-determination, empowerment and change. In our analysis, we are sensitized by our utilization of communication theories that are rooted in the culture-centered approach, or those that locate culture at the center by taking into account context and voices of the members of the community. We interrogate the processes involved in this program in order to come to some conclusion about whether, how, and to what effect these processes of social change are put to use.

Authors

• Purba Das, Ohio U Southern

• Jeffery Chaichana Peterson, Washington State U

• Rashmi Sharma, Ohio U