WOW.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Feminism - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminism

    Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social equality of the sexes. Feminism holds the position that societies prioritize the male point of view and that women are treated unjustly in these societies.

  3. EmPower (aircraft power adapter) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EmPower_(aircraft_power...

    EmPower is a 120 volt universal connector type found on many commercial airlines designed to provide power to travelers' electronic devices. The system is limited to 200VA. The EmPower universal AC Outlet Unit is compatible with power plugs from over 170 countries and is designed such that 110VAC power is not present at the outlet until a ...

  4. Avatar - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar

    e. Avatar ( Sanskrit: अवतार, IAST: Avatāra; pronounced [ɐʋɐt̪aːɾɐ]) is a concept within Hinduism that in Sanskrit literally means 'descent'. It signifies the material appearance or incarnation of a powerful deity, or spirit on Earth.

  5. Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventeenth_Amendment_to...

    This is based on the text of the Seventeenth Amendment, which states that "the legislature of any state may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments". The amendment only empowers the legislature to delegate the authority to the governor and, once that authority has been delegated, does not permit the legislature to intervene.

  6. Great-West Lifeco - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great-West_Lifeco

    Great-West Lifeco Inc. is a Canadian insurance-centered financial holding company that operates in North America (Canada and United States), Europe and Asia through five wholly owned, regionally focused subsidiaries. Many of the companies it has indirect control over are part of its largest subsidiary, The Canada Life Assurance Company; the ...

  7. Mpower Financing - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPOWER_Financing

    MPOWER Financing, PBC ( public benefit corporation) is a financial technology company that provides educational loans and scholarships to international students pursuing higher education in the United States and Canada. Founded in 2014, the company is headquartered in Washington, D.C ., with an additional office in Bangalore, India.

  8. Community development - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_development

    Community. The United Nations defines community development as "a process where community members come together to take collective action and generate solutions to common problems." [1] It is a broad concept, applied to the practices of civic leaders, activists, involved citizens, and professionals to improve various aspects of communities ...

  9. O3b mPOWER - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O3b_mPOWER

    Altitude. 8,000 km (5,000 mi) O3b mPOWER is a communications satellite system owned and operated by SES. The system uses high-throughput and low- latency satellites in a medium Earth orbit (MEO), along with ground infrastructure and intelligent software, to provide multiple terabits of global broadband connectivity for applications including ...