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Jenny Clark

2024 Fellow

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United States

Focus Areas

Gender Equality & Women's Rights
Grassroots & Social Reform
Youth & Girls Empowerment

Jenny Clark co-founded Women’s Empowerment Coalition (WECO), a nonprofit that mobilizes marginalized women and girls by enhancing their educational and economic opportunities. In collaboration with community partners, WECO creates projects that directly benefit women and girls globally (currently in Kenya, Costa Rica, India, Peru, and Cambodia). Through a process of research and relationship-building, WECO finds and vets local organizations with existing programs for women or girls and collaborates on a needs-based gender equity project.

Jenny has co-led international community initiatives and volunteer trips abroad since 2012, primarily in Southeast Asia and Latin America. With a Bachelors in English/Psychology, and a Masters in International Development, Jenny has dedicated the past 10 years to growing her understanding of responsible international travel, gender equity, and grassroots community engagement. She is always interested to learn about new initiatives for equity and systems change, especially within philanthropic industries.

“As a visionary leader, I strongly believe that building a coalition for women’s empowerment on this kind of grassroots level creates lasting change because it contributes to the transformation of entire infrastructures.”