Dimensions of empowering abused women in Saudi society A field study on shelters in social protection centers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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PhD researcher in the Department of Social Studies, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, King Saud University and lecturer at Umm Al-Qura University

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This study aimed to identify the reality of empowering abused women in Saudi society by examining the dimensions of empowerment—social, economic, health, and legal—in order to gain a deeper understanding of the empowerment status granted to them and to determine their level of empowerment within society. The study is classified as a descriptive study and employed the social survey method using a comprehensive survey of abused women attending social protection centers in the Kingdom, totaling (86) cases. Data was collected through a questionnaire as the main tool of the study. The most significant findings revealed that the overall level of empowerment among abused women in Saudi society was moderate, with an agreement rate of (66.0%). Social empowerment ranked first with an agreement rate of (73.8%), followed by health empowerment with (66.8%). Legal empowerment came third with (65.8%), while economic empowerment ranked last as the weakest dimension, with an agreement rate of (57.8%).
 

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