Power grabs, brinksmanship and walk-outs are becoming the norm, as a bitter struggle plays out among newly empowered Islamists, vestiges of the Mubarak regime and the country's deeply divided liberals.
Harvard Kennedy School's Swanee Hunt discusses the lessons learned from the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide — key among them, empowering women — in advance of "Women Rising, Here and Abroad," her talk as the Lowell lecturer at Harvard Extension School.
Interestingly, Francis on Tuesday also made a move that may appeal to some conservative Catholics by including priests with the schismatic Society of St. Pius X among those empowered to offer indulgences during the Holy Year.
Similarly, CinnamonGirl, a mentoring organization that focuses on leadership, development, and STEM education among others, empowers girls to develop their strengths and talents.
Among increasingly empowered, knowledgeable, and "Internet savvy" patients, clinicians run the risk of having their management undermined by conflicting guidelines, making the implementation of clinical care substantially harder and more time-consuming.
Feminists (72) for long have argued that macrosocial structures that limit social well-being among women will empower patriarchal institutions to maintain power over women.
Proposals to import drugs from abroad, allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices, restrain malpractice expenses, increase competition among health plans, and empower consumers to shop more wisely for medical care might help a bit.
I don't know if Merrill had any influence on Kushner, but, as Kushner's Angel is for Prior, Merrill's was among the first to empower my dead and living kind.
Minow is generally opposed to the approach apparently being taken by the Federal Reserve, which is reportedly working on regulation changes that, among other things, would empower it to review and modify compensation packages at institutions under its purview; she thinks that such bureaucratic interventions in market processes are unlikely to be effective.
In order to address the issue, the UNDP Jordan has launched several programs (generously funded by Canada and Japan, among others) that help empower women.
