Although the process of empowerment is presented in
a sequential manner in this paper, reality as it is lived and
perceived is not entirely captured since, in the human
experience, multiple events and processes occur simultaneously
The process of empowerment is iterative and
interactive rather than linear in development The components
of the process of empowerment are interdependent
and overlapping However, this dynamic process can be
analysed more clearly when considered sequentially —
one component at a time consequently, the presentation
of the process of empowerment which follows is more
clearly delineated with discrete phases