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Women's Way gained publicity in 1980 after a clash with fellow nonprofit United Way.Women's Way applied for United Way membership, but United Way denied the application because, according to their rejection letter, some of Women's Way's member agencies supported abortion and birth control, which violated an agreement United Way had with the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
The racial or language minority group "is sufficiently numerous and compact to form a majority in a single-member district"; The minority group is "politically cohesive" (meaning its members tend to vote similarly); and; The "majority votes sufficiently as a bloc to enable it ... usually to defeat the minority's preferred candidate."
The 1985 MOVE bombing, locally known by its date, May 13, 1985, [2] was an airstrike and destruction of residential homes in the Cobbs Creek neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, by the Philadelphia Police Department during a standoff with MOVE, a black liberation organization.
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter (/ b i ˈ ɒ n s eɪ / ⓘ bee-ON-say; [6] née Knowles; born September 4, 1981) [7] is an American singer, songwriter, and businesswoman. Dubbed "Queen Bey", she is regarded as a prominent cultural figure of the 21st century.
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Female empowerment in Nigeria is an economic process that involves empowering Nigerian women as a poverty reduction measure. [1] [2] Empowerment is the development of women in terms of politics, social and economic strength in nation development. It is also a way of reducing women's vulnerability and dependency in all spheres of life.
Neysa Moran McMein (1888-1949) Y.W.C.A.In Service for the Girls of the World, Poster, 1919. YWCA USA is a nonprofit organization and the American division of the YWCA.It is headquartered in Washington, D.C. and focuses on women's empowerment.
During the 1970s and early 1980s Philadelphia was the base for weekend, two-week and nine-month programs that trained US and international activists in direct action organizing, group process, consensus decision-making, liberation/oppression issues and more. Activist training also happened in other locations and through traveling trainers programs.