Women's empowerment can be defined to promoting women's sense of self-worth, their ability to determine their own choices, and their right to influence social change for themselves and others.

It is closely aligned with female empowerment - a fundamental human right that's also key to achieving a more peaceful, prosperous world.

In Western countries, female empowerment is often associated with specific phases of the women's rights movement in history. This movement tends to be split into three waves, the first beginning in the 19th and early 20th century where suffrage was a key feature. The second wave of the 1960s included the sexual revolution and the role of women in society. Third wave feminism is often seen as beginning in the 1990s. But despite a great deal of progress, women and girls continue to face discrimination and violence in every part of the world.

"A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman."