Support girls' right to quality education
Girls call goes to global
education summit
Join us as we take action
in Washington DC
Raise your hand if you believe
every girl has the right
to an education
Let’s get 1 million
Wedding Busters: Stopping child marriage
See how Bangladeshi children are protecting girls
View and share
this innovative film
on the plight and power
of girls worldwide
Why girls?
1 in 5 girls around the world is denied an education by the daily realities of poverty, violence and discrimination.
Gender-based violence
Gender-based violence and sexual violence are barriers to girls moving beyond primary education.
Child marriage
10 million girls become child brides each year and all too often they are forced out of education.
Plan's goals
Plan’s Because I am a Girl campaign aims to reach 4 million girls directly – improving their lives with access to school, skills, livelihoods and protection.
Safer cities: Fear of violence holds girls back
Fear of sexual attacks and violence is creating 'no-go' areas for girls in cities, reveals new research by Plan.
Girls and women hardest hit by recession, reveals report
Girls are bearing the brunt of the global economic recession, shows a new report.
Freida Pinto: Raise your hand!
Actress Freida Pinto believes that every girl has the right to an education. Do you?
Eliminating female genital mutilation
Communities in rural Egypt are stepping up to fight female circumcision.
Escaping the Kamalari slave system
Geeta is now free from Nepal's bonded labour system and running her own café.
Each extra year of a mother's schooling cuts infant mortality by between 5 and 10%.
Make a donation
Your donation to Plan’s girls’ fund will directly support our work to benefit girls in the world’s poorest countries.
Sponsor a girl
Sponsoring a girl through Plan will create a direct and positive impact on the life of a girl in one of the 50 developing countries in which we work.
