Women's rights in Iran have been curtailed since the Islamic Revolution in 1979, but in recent years, women have been displaying an increasing determination to achieve equal status in this conservative Muslim theocracy.
But in the Indian state of Maharashtra, there is an increasing determination to stamp out "Eve teasing", as it is called here, for good.
The latest UNCTAD World Investment Report underlines the government's increasing determination to attract investment through the normalization of diplomatic ties and the re-establishment of trade relations with the West.
This is an approach that the Department has not exercised much, if at all, in the past, but with the growing crisis in the for-profit sector, the volume of students loans piling up, and the Department's increasing determination to hold bad actors accountable, this could be changing.
But Mrs. Clinton also said that the price being paid by Palestinian civilians as well as Israelis "must only increase our determination to seek a just and lasting peace agreement" that included a Palestinian state.
Recent events, from JPMorgan's trading losses to continued uncertainty in Europe, only increase our determination to finish the job of translating the lessons of the financial crisis into comprehensive protections for American taxpayers and consumers.
Then we feel discouraged and increase our determination to kill this nuisance once and for all.
"[IS's] cowardly crimes targeting civilians will increase our determination to pursue and expel them from the last inch of the land of Iraq," he added.
For Mr. Protas, the most recent ruling did not not close the door but increased his determination to fight, to the Supreme Court if necessary.
There was some good news for Rangers yesterday, though, when the defender Carlos Cuéllar said the defeat by Zenit had only increased his determination to remain at Ibrox.
