'Girl Up' Girls Are Inspired By Each Other (And Priyanka Chopra)
The activists came to Washington, D.C., from across the country — and around the world. They took workshops like #GirlBoss101, spoke to members of Congress — and even made time for fun.
They talk about being weighed down by self-doubt, then laugh off the offensive term "feminazis."
Some idolize Priyanka Chopra, a Bollywood actress who "acts like a boss" chasing bad guys in ABC's thriller, Quantico.
And no one is afraid to "ooh and ah" when one girl says her sister won Miss Chinatown US, a beauty pageant for Chinese-Americans.
They're girls and young women, ages 15 to 24, and they came to Washington, D.C. this week for the , a United Nations Foundation initiative. The event brought together 350 activists from Girl Up clubs across the United States
