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Portnoy, Galina., Permut, Magda., Makhzoumi, Saniha., Gopaul, Alisha. and Bachu, Munisa. "Multi-level resilience in the face of extreme power inequalities: New applications" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the SCRA Biennial Meeting, Roosevelt University/Harold Washington Library, Chicago, IL, <Not Available>. 2013-05-22 <http://citation.allacademic.com/meta/p498536_index.html>

Portnoy, G. , Permut, M. , Makhzoumi, S. , Gopaul, A. and Bachu, M. M. "Multi-level resilience in the face of extreme power inequalities: New applications" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the SCRA Biennial Meeting, Roosevelt University/Harold Washington Library, Chicago, IL <Not Available>. 2013-05-22 from http://citation.allacademic.com/meta/p498536_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: Oppressive social and political hierarchies - as well as religious and cultural traditions - deny women in Afghanistan rights, resources, power over themselves and others, and freedom. Unique examples of resilience, resistance, and determination exist despite this oppressive cultural context. However, in our work with Afghan women, this resilience and resistance, does not result in access, mastery, power, or control - the hallmarks of empowerment. This paper provides an application of the theoretical paper presented in this symposium, Resilience or Empowerment and builds on Cattaneo and Chapman’s (2010) argument that empowerment should be redefined as a contextualized variable. Building on these frameworks, we will show how, within the cultural context of Afghan women, “empowerment” may not be the appropriate goal or outcome measure. As argued in Resilience or Empowerment, the utility and appropriateness of empowerment may be limited for individuals and sub-communities who live in conditions of extreme and unremitting power inequities. In these situations, we argue that multi-level resilience, a culturally-grounded concept of resilience that functions as a process rather than an end goal, may be a more appropriate concept. This paper will discuss application of the concepts of resilience and empowerment in 23 qualitative interviews conducted with 22 Afghan women and one Afghan man who were involved, either as clients or staff of domestic violence shelters in two major cities in Afghanistan. This analysis will describe that meaningful assertions of resistance exist, which would not be considered empowerment based on current definitions (access, mastery, power and control) and the cultural context in which this resistance appears. While empowerment may not be the best conceptualization of these actions at this time, resilience theory helps to highlight the indigenous strengths that exist, accurately pinpoint intervention potential and show how resilience may be a precursor to empowerment.

Resilience or Empowerment: An argument for multi-level resilience in the face of extreme power inequalities.

Multi-Level Analyses of Racial Inequality and Segregation on Interracial and Intraracial Robbery and Aggravated Assault

Power, Markets and Accountability: The Development of Multi-Level Governance in International Finance