empowerment

/ (ɪmˈpaʊəmənt) /

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noun

the giving or delegation of power or authority; authorization

the giving of an ability; enablement or permission

(in South Africa) a policy of providing special opportunities in employment, training, etc for Black people and others disadvantaged under apartheid

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How to use empowerment in a sentence

As her empowerment grows in proportion to her escalating measurements, Hayes and her newfound agency inflict the kind of damage on society that, years later, Phyllis Schlafly warned the Equal Rights Amendment would wreak.
The Beauty Pageants Inspired by the Atomic Bomb|Fiona Zublin|October 15, 2020|Ozy
The tears were of joy and gratitude, and Agrawal’s experiment of empowerment had succeeded.
He Helps Folk Musicians Stay Alive|Daniel Malloy|October 9, 2020|Ozy
Having a genuine conversation about female empowerment before Prime Minister Abe was basically impossible in Japan, now even the most established and conservative companies are engaging in this structural reform.
Want to see Japan’s future? Look past Shinzo Abe’s immediate successor, economist says|Veta Chan|September 3, 2020|Fortune
They have reached a new level of empowerment as they are not dependent on the outside world to maintain a healthy menstrual cycle.
Menstruation Comes With Innumerable Taboos In India|LGBTQ-Editor|May 29, 2020|No Straight News

Yet for a vivid decade or so, sleaze was, somewhat paradoxically, a force for literacy and empowerment.
How Pulp Fiction Saved Literature|Wendy Smith|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
She is also head of the Sabancı Foundation, which conducts female-empowerment programs for women in rural Turkey.
The Women Battling an Islamist Strongman|Christina Asquith|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The mission is to teach any person to use technology for independence and empowerment no matter where they are located.
3-D Printing Is Changing the Future of Prosthetics|Lucy Vernasco|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Coalition is comprised of labor unions, anti-war activists, clergy, and so-called black empowerment groups.
As Michael Brown Grand Jury Winds Down, Is Ferguson on the Brink of War?|Ron Christie|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When A-LIFE began, Page was working on an education and empowerment project with young girls in Liberia.
Meet the Liberian Girls Beating Ebola|Abby Haglage|October 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The pragmatics that overrides the need for literacy is based on individual empowerment.
The Civilization of Illiteracy|Mihai Nadin
Empowerment Zones have been creating these opportunities for five years now.
Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to 2006|Various
For the sake of its enrichment and its empowerment he subjected himself to rigorous disciplines.
Modern Religious Cults and Movements|Gaius Glenn Atkins
There is no higher form of empowerment than in the fulfillment of our individual possibilities.
The Civilization of Illiteracy|Mihai Nadin
Empowerment means to facilitate developments that maintain distinctions and result from differences, instead of uniformity.
The Civilization of Illiteracy|Mihai Nadin

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