As a result, liberal feminists have increased their influence among both decision makers and religious women.

If people are to feel committed to the place where they live, they must be allowed to influence decision making, and that influence should not depend on nationality.

Influence diagram Much of the information in a decision tree can be represented more compactly as an influence diagram, focusing attention on the issues and relationships between events.

Nearly half of this budget is spent on local lobbyists, whose goal is to influence key decision makers.

Using don't cares can simplify decision tables, especially when a given condition has little influence on the actions to be performed.

We must therefore seek to better understand the factors which influence host countries in their decision not to ratify, and some of the countries of origin in their decision to ratify, the Convention.

Recall how the fateful decision to situate the IMF in Washington, DC enhanced the influence of the US Treasury just down the street.

But the ability of some CEOs to capture an especially high slice might reflect undue power and influence over the company s decision making.

But, once such a decision is taken, the exercise of the jurisdiction of the court must be kept free from any political influence.

Moreover, gender experts within the United Nations often lacked the status, time, resources and capacity to influence decision making and support technical areas.

China in particular should use its considerable influence in Sudan to bring the country s decision makers to a definitive peaceful settlement of the dispute.

In this context, many factors will influence the General Assembly s decision, one of the most significant of which will be the European Union s position.

Having lost its empire, Britain retains outsized global influence simply because of the power of its civilization and the education absorbed by its decision makers.

An important factor in his decision was the belief that France risked becoming a second rate power by not expanding its influence in East Asia.

The UNGEI will intensify efforts to influence decision making and budgets in favour of gender equity and equality in national education policies, SWAps and programmes.

Unlike majority influence, minority influence can rarely influence others through normative social influence because the majority is indifferent to the minority's perspective of them.

But the size of a country plays only a limited role in the EU's decision making process, because political influence within the Union depends more on economic power.

This practice is considered by some to dilute the influence of shareholders, and to be a distortion of the connection between investment risk and the decision making process.

Arab artistic influence in Sicily mirrors the Lombard influence in the Mezzogiorno.

We influence our friends who in their turn influence their friends, meaning that our actions can influence people we have never met.

Sarkozy's decision has put France in a position to gain influence in the alliance and increase the pace of NATO s reform, while at the same time strengthening the ESDP.

Minority and majority influence combined There is evidence to suggest that it is possible for minority influence and majority influence to work together.

The group's influence on comedy has been compared toThe Beatles' influence on music.

Trading in influence

Advocacy strives to influence a program or policy either directly or indirectly therefore, the influence is being evaluated, rather than the results of that influence.

America s decision to target Iranian agents in Iraq who may be involved in supporting violent militias is but another sign of the massive influence Iran is exercising in that troubled country.

The fact is that citizens in every EU member country are increasingly aware that national policies are determined by decision making at the European level, over which they have little influence.

These fora primarily deals with the position of women within the party, but also have the opportunity to influence decision making in competent institutions by establishing common positions on specific issues.

We can influence behavior.

They will lose influence.

Still another, more accurate definition encompasses all countries with international influence that is, any country whose identity and sovereignty is recognized, and that chooses to participate in global discussions and decision making.

The TAF still maintains an important degree of influence over the decision making process regarding issues related to Turkish national security, albeit decreased in the past decades, via the National Security Council.

However, while more women are involved in careers in the media industry, few have attained positions at the decision making level or serve on governing boards and bodies that influence media policy.

The strategy of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is to empower poor rural peoples by improving their assets and giving them influence over important decision making that shapes their future.

With influence must come accountability.

Factors that influence health conditions

Social influence was present in both groups, but was stronger in the group that was exposed to both the arguments (minority influence) and the knowledge that the jury conformed (majority influence).

Prayer and spiritual devotion were important components of Cory s daily endeavors and a major influence in her decision making and personal relations. Her inner reserves of faith, indeed, kept her going through every hardship.

CHICAGO Since the United States Supreme Court s Citizens United decision, which prohibited the government from restricting independent political expenditures by corporations and unions, concern about business interests influence over US elections has been growing.

I suspect that this is due to the proliferation of blogs, so inevitably there are those who do not understand or grasp blogging s capacity to influence decision making and to contribute to positive change.

Both programmes can influence large scale investments to focus more on poverty reduction targets and encourage the participation of local level stakeholders in decision making processes to ensure more equitable distribution of investment benefits.

Finance shapes power, ideas, and influence.

He possesses more influence than power.

Several environmental factors influence blood pressure.

The influence continues to this day.