Gender, empowerment and social innovation

Kristin S. Williams

Chapter 46 in Elgar Encyclopedia of Innovation Management, 2025, pp 176-177 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: The study of empowerment is complex. Feminist empowerment has been taken up by some fields, including social work, psychology, and anthropology but there have been few interdisciplinary approaches. In innovation studies, empowerment is generally conceived from the perspective that social innovation can drive society changes and empower various actors, including those who typically experience oppression. Feminist engagement with innovation studies is concerned with social advances and discoveries that reconceptualizing the relationship between gender and innovation with the goal of advancing the understanding of innovation from more marginalized perspectives. With this focus, brings an appreciation for specific identity groups and their context. Such approaches hope to address how systemic oppression is enacted in innovation contexts. Innovation to serve women's empowerment has the potential to drive social change, from basic human rights through to women being significant players in innovation and industry.

Keywords: Social innovation; Gender; Empowerment; Equality; Women (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035306442
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