women’s inpowerment: the first-ever global survey to hear voice, value and vision of today’s...
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Women’s INpowermentThe MOST powerful tool
for change
Jin InFounder, 4Girls GLocal Leadership (4GGL)
There is no tool for development
more effective than the empowerment of women.
Kofi Annan7th UN Secretary General
What is empowerment?
What do we know about women’s empowerment?
MDG #3: Promote gender equality and empower women
4 Indicators:1.Ratios of girls to boys in education2.Ratio of literate 15-24 y/o women to
men3.Share of women’s wage in
nonagricultural sector4.Proportion of national parliament seats
held by women
WEF Global Gender Gap Report•education•health •economic participation•political empowerment
Note: Ranks (136) countries in proximity to gender equality, NOT women’s empowerment.
GendercideThe Worldwide War on Girls
The Economist, Mar 4, 2010
More girls have been killed, aborted and neglected to die
than the total number of people killed in all of the genocides
of the 20th Century.
Top 3 Genocides
Japanese War Crimes 10MSoviet Famine 8M
Holocaust 6M
Girls killed 100M
Population Explosion of young people
>60% of Middle East>2/3 of South Asia
>70% of Africa
Insanity is…doing the same thing over
and over again and expecting different results.
Albert Einstein
What is empowerment?
Can women’s empowerment
change the world?
4Girls GLocal Leadership
(4GGL) is…
Bold action to ignite and developthe next generation of
empowered female leaders who will transform our world.
4GGL is…
A social change movement totransform fundamental mindsets
about girls – from valueless “trash” to valuable human beings…
a powerful solution to every single global challenge.
Empower
In Power=
INpower power within
The first-ever Global Survey, online,
to assess today’s young women’s empowerment
What does it mean to youto have a voice?
What unleashed your voice?
What is the most important issue to you and young women in your society?
USA• Self esteem, body image• Balance (career)• Violence
Middle East: Violence, harassment
China: Need to get married
India & Pakistan: Violence
Nepal: domestic slavery
What is empowerment?
Are you empowered?
