TY - JOUR
T1 - Developing empowerment and leadership
T2 - The case of immigrant women in Israel
AU - Itzhaky, Haya
PY - 2003/9
Y1 - 2003/9
N2 - To help low-income women immigrants to Israel from Ethiopia and the former Soviet Union adapt, an interdisciplinary team prepared and conducted a community program whose goals were to empower the women and help them to become involved in the community and to become leaders. The outcomes of the project were favorable. All the women became involved in community activities, were empowered, and developed their leadership abilities and a sense of community belonging. Only their sense of policy control did not undergo any significant change.
AB - To help low-income women immigrants to Israel from Ethiopia and the former Soviet Union adapt, an interdisciplinary team prepared and conducted a community program whose goals were to empower the women and help them to become involved in the community and to become leaders. The outcomes of the project were favorable. All the women became involved in community activities, were empowered, and developed their leadership abilities and a sense of community belonging. Only their sense of policy control did not undergo any significant change.
KW - Community intervention
KW - Community participation
KW - Empowerment
KW - Immigrant women
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0043076324&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0886109903254580
DO - 10.1177/0886109903254580
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AN - SCOPUS:0043076324
SN - 0886-1099
VL - 18
SP - 289
EP - 301
JO - Affilia - Journal of Women and Social Work
JF - Affilia - Journal of Women and Social Work
IS - 3
ER -