I recommend you to read these 2 articles (in attached), in which researchers described, the conceptual framework used, the data collection process, the operational indicators of women’s empowerment and covariates, as well as the analytic methods used for this approach.
Please see this document: 1. Laverack, G. and Pratley, P. (2018) What quantitative and qualitative methods have been developed to measure community empowerment at a national level? Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe (Health Evidence Network (HEN) synthesis report 59). Free download or available on researchgate