1.   Ms. Judd, a member of singing Judd family, said that on a personal level female empowerment issues were not especially new for her.

2.   New scripts followed, focusing on teamwork, building trust, and empowerment issues.

3.   The empowerment issue began to surface after Ito held private meetings with the jurors last month.

4.   The negotiators will not grapple with the issue of elections for a Palestinian council until the early empowerment issues are resolved, Shaath said.