The empowerment approach acknowledges the fact that people are discriminated not
only on the grounds of gender but also on the grounds of class, race, ethnicity,
nationality, sexual preference, and so on. Furthermore, it sees strong connections
between gender and other forms of discrimination. Therefore, it emphasizes the
importance of running the struggle against gender discrimination along the struggles
against other forms of discrimination. However, the fact that most women are subject
to gender discrimination does not automatically imply that they do not have conflicts
of interests among themselves. It is quite plausible to assume that some women
discriminate against other women on the grounds of their ethnicity, religion, political
convictions, etc. From this point of view, the question of how to bring women with
different backgrounds together in a broad-based political movement requires further
consideration.