Sentence examples for empowered to speak from inspiring English sources

Having a day like this makes people feel empowered to speak about it," said Kate Nightingale of Time to Change.

He added that Savile had been protected because "children or young people" had not felt "empowered to speak out".

The appearance seemed to answer one immediate question hanging over the peace efforts: who was empowered to speak for the Taliban's secretive leader in exile, Mullah Muhammad Omar.

We are focused on educating workers about their rights, so they are empowered to speak up when they see unsafe conditions or unfair treatment.

There are many good reasons why Aipac is so powerful and why American Jews defer to its judgment over who should be empowered to speak for them about U.S. Middle East policy.

If we need to be back here again in five or 10 years' time, hopefully many other BAME authors will feel empowered to speak up and keep pushing for change.

The Syrian regime felt empowered enough to speak of reconquering lost territory.

"She empowered me to speak out about my sexual assault and to help raise money for other victims".

"When the wrong surgery is done on patients," he said, "often there is somebody in that operating room who knew the event was going to occur who did not feel empowered enough to speak up about it".

The generals also knew Mr. Gitai's personal story, on which the film is based, and they believed that it empowered him to speak with authority, the producers said.

Not the understandable silence of victims who are afraid or not empowered enough to speak out, but the incomprehensible silence of others - family, friends, neighbours and even passers-by - who choose to turn a blind eye.