Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin | Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences | Department of Physics | Women* at the Department of Physics | Important terms relating to equality and anti-discrimination | Glossary-Content | Empowerment Empowerment Empowerment refers to biographical processes in which people gain a little more power for themselves - power understood as participation in political decision-making or as successfully coping with everyday life stresses (mastery). Source: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung