Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Conference Papers Conference Paper Faculty Publications- Conference Papers Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Reconceptualizing Empowerment And Autonomy: Ethnographic Narratives From A Self Help Group In South India Description An account of the resource The paper revisits academics' conceptualizations of women empowerment as stopping short of autonomy. It departs from the general observation that women empowerment movements by and large have failed to translate the new agency of women outside the domains of socio economy; that women empowerment movements' capacity to re-engage with patriarchal structures and ideologies is seriously contained. Through an ethnography of Kudumbashree, an SHG in the South Indian state of Keralam, we question the neat distinctions between empowerment and autonomy that prevail in the academic common sense. The transition of agency from the economic to the political domain is a subtle enterprise and is mediated by a number of factors including the economic independence, decision making capability and political participation. Socio -economic - political implications of women empowerment could be the first step in challenging and overcoming the relations of oppression in any society. The stereotypical assumptions can be negotiated by solely apportioning responsibilities and re-engaging with the system through everyday practices. The nuances of empowered women's re-engagement with local gender/power regimes lead to changes at the conceptual level that cuts beyond the individual and group level material transformations. The Electrochemical Society Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Babu G.M.; Kumaramkandath R. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived ECS Transactions, Vol-107, No. 1, pp. 19469-19480. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Institute of Physics Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1149/10701.19469ecst" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1149/10701.19469ecst</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85134054367&amp;doi=10.1149%2F10701.19469ecst&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=5c655355ecd0a1f6788c5a202f6c688f" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85134054367&amp;doi=10.1149%2f10701.19469ecst&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=5c655355ecd0a1f6788c5a202f6c688f</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Restricted Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 19386737; ISBN: 978-160768539-5 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Conference paper Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Babu G.M., Department of Sociology and Social Work, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, 560029, India; Kumaramkandath R., Department of Sociology and Social Work, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, 560029, India