I first met Jin In off a snowy sidewalk near Bryant Park in New York City this past winter. She just returned from Nepal, energized. There, she was working to empower young women belonging to the lowest caste, a group most locals wouldn't touch or associate with. However Jin saw them as valuable members of society. In fact, she saw them as the greatest untapped human resource. Read more...
Melissa Zieger: What is 4GGL?
Jin In: 4Girls GLocal Leadership (4GGL) is a social change organization with a mission to ignite, cultivate, and promote girls’ leadership development at the local level to advance gender equity at the global level. Our local focus is communities where girls’ human rights are repressed and marginalized. Our global focus is a bold movement to raise universal awareness about the intrinsic value and the leadership potential of the world’s poorest girls to change mindsets and attitudes that prevent these girls from realizing their full potential. In this way, 4GGL tackles the root of gender inequity, not just the symptoms of poverty and injustice the girls suffer. Read more...
