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Because the Kemalist system eventually liberalized politically (though not culturally), the emergence of a multiparty system eventually also empowered the traditional conservatives whose preferences had long been denied.
Of course, the potential of educated, empowered women to drive sustained economic growth is not limited to South Korea.
But the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) – the body empowered with verifying Iranian compliance – was convinced, and approved the deal.
Empowered by an impressive yet leaderless movement – largely of young people – the country’s citizens overcame decades of fear to reclaim a voice in their future.
Trump is indeed dreadful, and the Democrats could legitimately claim that older, rural white men are less representative of America today than the young, the urban, the nonwhite, and newly empowered women.
The willingness of celebrities like Salma Hayek, Rose McGowan, and Reese Witherspoon to share their stories of sexual harassment empowered women from many walks of life to speak out, too.
Ironically, however, the newly empowered democratic opposition would like to bring back the name Burma, viewing “Myanmar” as emblematic of the dictatorship that they wish to leave behind.
For example, micro-credit has empowered millions of women, while important lessons have been learned from such schemes’ design and implementation.
Women need to be empowered, and their role in the economy transformed.
Finally, women need to be empowered politically.
In addition, in order for the SDR to become a true global currency, the IMF would have to be empowered to issue more of them in a crisis, much like the US Federal Reserve provided foreign central banks with $120 billion in emergency credits following the collapse of Lehman Brothers.
With the world’s support, refugees can be empowered to develop their skills not just for their own benefit, but for that of their host countries, too.
In the United States, Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election, has handed down dozens of indictments, secured multiple convictions, and demonstrated the need for empowered prosecutors in cases involving social media.
One can only hope that now Netanyahu will be Churchillian in a more profound sense, by using his empowered position to make the bold decisions needed to lead his country out of its current predicament and paralysis.
School-age girls must be taught to value themselves and one another, and that it is their right to be educated, healthy, and empowered.
The participants are technically advisers to the UN Secretary-General rather than fully empowered national negotiators.
Arab governments have been especially angry over the chaos in Iraq, fearing that the US will abandon the Sunni minority to the not-so-tender mercies of revenge-minded Shi’a and expressing growing anxiety that the war has empowered Iran to extend Shi’a influence throughout the Middle East.
The IMF also was empowered to conduct the Mutual Assessment Process of each country’s macroeconomic policies under the Framework for Strong, Sustainable, and Balanced Growth.
Having had access to knowledge, they feel empowered enough to criticize the cognoscenti and develop views of their own.
This lack of progress is less a reflection of Gambari's capabilities than of the fact that he has not been empowered by the countries that hold the most leverage over Burma’s rulers, including China, India, and Burma's ASEAN neighbors.
Women become more empowered to start businesses.
According to the Constitution, the prime minister is head of the executive branch, and the government is empowered to determine the main direction of domestic and foreign policy.
The royal family is empowered to administer the country, but through consultation with different sectors, like tribal leaders or merchant groups.
Thus empowered, the general has been able to exert his influence over foreign policy, in particular in defining the country’s relations with the US, India, and Afghanistan.
The new court is empowered to reconcile or revoke laws that contain conflicts and duplications.
This extra-national effort on behalf of the World Cup’s sponsors underscores the threat to newly empowered civil societies from global corporate entities, many of which are increasingly chafing at the constraints imposed on them by strong democracies.
One potential solution would be for regional representatives to be empowered to negotiate on behalf of groups of states.
We would judge international agreements “not by how much is harmonized or by how many barriers are torn down but whether citizens are empowered.”
With soft power, however, the energy of empowered followers strengthens leaders.
The number of Gazan workers in Israel was reduced to a few hundred, and rising unemployment and poverty empowered armed factions, gangs, and warlords – a development that intensified after Hamas’s electoral victory in 2006, which resulted in an international siege that cut off public servants’ salaries overnight.
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