The present study aims to present a model for empowering women involved in substance abuse and prostitution, with an emphasis on the case study of the Khorshid Home.

This qualitative study aims to examine and analyze the processes, mechanisms, and various dimensions of empowerment of this group of women in the context of a social service center. Women involved in substance abuse and prostitution are among the social groups with multiple vulnerabilities and are simultaneously faced with physical, psychological, social, and economic problems. Repeated experiences of violence, poverty, social exclusion, and lack of family and institutional support place this group in a cycle of lasting harm. In the meantime, empowerment, as a multidimensional process that includes promoting individual, social, and economic power, is considered one of the basic approaches in social interventions. However, some existing interventions in this area have failed to lead to sustainable empowerment.

In this study, data will be collected through semi-structured interviews with recovered women and psycho-social professionals working at the Khorshid Home and will be examined using thematic analysis. The aim of this analysis is to extract the components and dimensions of the empowerment model in the real context of the center's services. It is expected that the findings of this study can help develop local knowledge in the field of empowering interventions, improve the design of support programs, and provide practical models for similar centers in the field of reducing social harms.