September 2009: The financial crisis is taking a heavy toll on people everywhere - but when money is short, girls and young women are the worst affected.

Watch the video to see how investing in girls can transform communities and help break the cycle of poverty. 

Plan has just launched the third of its 'Because I am a Girl' reports, which reveals that failing to send girls to school is costing the world’s poorest countries billions of pounds each year.

Find out more and read the report.

Join Plan's Because I am a Girl campaign.