"The program empowered these girls to make better choices," said Berk Ozler, a senior economist with the World Bank's Development Research Group.
For example, the program empowered students in science, demonstrated the usefulness of science through activities, helped students to be successful in science, interested them in science activities, and provided a caring environment in which to participate in science.
The program empowered the movement that had been building around personal action and community-based solutions, and immediately took off.
In addition, the program empowered more than 22,000 women to create sustainable economic opportunities through self-help groups.
In addition to direct interaction with world leaders at the G8, the J8 program empowers young people to discuss key global issues and to advocate for urgent solutions and actions by G8 leaders, by fostering a global youth movement around issues on the international agenda.
Betty D. Montgomery, Ohio's attorney general, released a statement saying, "The voucher pilot program empowers low-income Cleveland-area families whose children are trapped in a failing public school system".
For example, the CDF Freedom Schools program empowers children through academically and culturally enriching summer and after-school programs that promote a love of reading in young scholars and encourages them to engage in service and civic activities.
It is clear from rich expressive responses that participating in the education program empowered midwives and provided them with new knowledge, confidence and practical skills and the ability to now recognise the significance of promoting oral health during pregnancy.
Human rights critics have complained that the program often empowers abusive local militias, but the American military says its training of the police and background checks minimize such risks.
