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Towards a Conceptual Framework for Socio-cognitive Empowerment: Lessons from Intervention Research with Women in Iran

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This study set out to construct a conceptual framework for social work with women in Iran, where women are limited in their access to resources, which negatively affects their decision-making capacity. We used a qualitative secondary analysis of data from two intervention projects among Iranian women (n = 25). Each intervention spanned 7 months and included individual and group sessions as well as learning Rahyab, an empowerment-oriented problem-solving model. Practical lessons from the Iranian projects highlight a process of change with regard to thinking, feeling and acting among women during and after the intervention. It is hoped that the conceptual framework and the empowerment-oriented problem-solving model used in these projects can be used in similar societies.

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  1. Department of Social Work, Faculty of Social Sciences, Allameh Tabataba’i University, P.O.Box: 14155-8473, Tehran, Iran

    Hamideh Addelyan Rasi

  2. Department of Social Work, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Kodakyar Ave., Daneshjo Blvd., Evin, 1985713834, Tehran, Iran

    Hamideh Addelyan Rasi

  3. Department of Social and Psychological Studies, Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sweden

    Alireza Moula

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Addelyan Rasi, H., Moula, A. Towards a Conceptual Framework for Socio-cognitive Empowerment: Lessons from Intervention Research with Women in Iran. Clin Soc Work J 43, 375–387 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10615-015-0518-5

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