Empowerment as an ABC poem: A: Acquiring knowledge and understanding of social and gender relations and the ways in which these relations may be changed / B: Becoming confident through networks and gaining a voice in decision-making / C: Creating a more just social and economic order/ D: Developing a sense of self-worth, a belief in one's ability to secure desired changes and the right to control one's life / E: Equal rights and entitlements to human, social, economic, and cultural development (Kishore)