Jang Hye-young is a South Korean politician and human rights activist for the disabled and the LGBTQ+ community.
14 Facts About Jang Hye-young
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Jang Hye-young is an incumbent lawmaker and has proposed anti-discrimination laws.
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Jang Hye-young is a member of the Progressive Justice Party of Korea.
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Jang Hye-young was selected for the Time 100 Next 2021.
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Jang Hye-young's mother received little to no support in caring for her disabled child from the government or those around her, and ultimately the family decided to place the child in an institution.
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Shortly afterwards, Jang Hye-young's mother left her family and her father sent her to stay under the care of her grandparents.
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The childhood trauma that Jang Hye-young faced ultimately pushed her to become an activist.
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In 2011, Jang Hye-young made the decision to drop out of the highly prestigious Yonsei University to take care of her younger sister, 18 years after she had been placed in the institution.
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In 2018, Jang Hye-young decided to release a documentary called Grown Up.
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Jang Hye-young is a member of the left-wing Progressive Justice Party.
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Jang Hye-young has made many efforts to ensure the rights of the disabled and members of the LGBT community.
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On 28 November 2023, Jang Hye-young announced that she had informally left the Justice Party.
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Jang Hye-young said she is only maintaining Party membership to keep her seat as a proportional representative.
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Jang Hye-young rejected the Party's plan to create an electoral alliance of left-wing parties agreed by the Justice Party and the Green Party.