empower

EMPOWER ("Education Means Protection Of Women Engaged in Recreation"), also known as Centre for Sex Workers' Protection or Moolniti Songserm Okard Pooying , is a non-profit organization in Thailand that supports sex workers by offering free classes in language, health, law and pre-college education, as well as individual counselling. The organization also lobbies the government to extend regular labor protections to sex workers and to decriminalize sex work. The organization maintains centres in Patpong (Bangkok), Chiang Mai, Mae Sai and Patong, Phuket.

Variants of the term empower occur in:

• Empower America, a conservative think tank in the United States
• EMPOWER, a Thai organization supporting sex workers
• EmPower (aircraft power adapter), a standard for 15 Volt direct current power outlets in passenger airplanes
• Empower (emergy), the flow of emergy (embodied energy)
• Empower (software), a chromatography software developed by Waters Corporation
• Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (EMPOWER), a district cooling company part of Dubai Holding

EmPower is a 15 volt DC connector type found on many commercial airlines designed to provide power to travelers' electronic devices. The system is limited to 75 watts. The use of a special connector is to prevent laptops charging at altitude and ensure that only approved adapters can be used.