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Emerging female leaders for safe schools in Nepal

By supporting their schools to prepare for and respond to disasters, women are growing in confidence and taking leading roles in their community.

Case Study / 30 October 2022 / Plan International Asia-Pacific
Categories: Emergencies, Youth empowerment
Tags: Disaster risk management, girls' leadership

Stopping child marriage through poetry in Bangladesh

Girls from Bangladesh are convincing their parents to stop arranging child marriages for them through poetry.

Case Study / 28 October 2022 / Plan International Asia-Pacific
Categories: Education, Emergencies, Protection from violence
Tags: child marriage, COVID-19, Disaster risk management

Student task force identifies local disaster risks

Shadona, 14, from Bangladesh, is leading a student task force to identify and mitigate risks caused by disasters in her school and community.

Case Study / 28 October 2022 / Plan International Asia-Pacific
Categories: Emergencies, Youth empowerment
Tags: Climate change activism, Disaster risk management, girls' leadership

Engaging young people in accelerating efforts to eliminate child…

This thematic brief focuses on young people's ideas, solutions, and actions to eliminate CEFM.

Publication / 15 June 2022 / Plan International Asia-Pacific
Categories: Campaigns, Protection from violence, Youth empowerment
Tags: Activism, child marriage, Civic engagement, Gender-based violence

Their Time is Now – Time to Act

This analysis aims to systematise the information from 10 Asian countries where young people are supported by Plan International in preventing, reducing, and eliminating CEFM.

Publication / 15 June 2022 / Plan International Asia-Pacific
Categories: Campaigns, Protection from violence, Youth empowerment
Tags: Activism, child marriage, Civic engagement, girls' leadership

Inclusive Community Disaster Risk Reduction and Management

This is a series of knowledge management products from the Inclusive Community Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (ICDRM) project.

Publication / 15 June 2022 / Plan International Asia-Pacific
Categories: Emergencies
Tags: Disaster risk management

Youth Activism against Child, Early, and Forced Marriage

This collection of testimonies highlight Plan International’s regional work in Asia-Pacific to eliminate CEFM, as well as to prevent and reduce adolescent pregnancies through focusing on strengthening…

Post / 3 June 2022 / Plan International Asia-Pacific
Categories: Campaigns, Education, Protection from violence, Sexual and reproductive health and rights, Youth empowerment
Tags: Activism, child marriage, Civic engagement, Comprehensive sexuality education, Gender-based violence, girls' leadership, Teenage pregnancy

Louder than Words is Youth Activism to Eliminate Child Marriage…

“Louder than Words”, a collection of testimonies reflecting girls’ and boys’ activism in collaboration with Plan International in tackling and challenging root-causes of Child, Early,…

News / 2 June 2022 / Plan International Asia-Pacific
Categories: Campaigns, Protection from violence, Sexual and reproductive health and rights, Youth empowerment
Tags: Activism, child marriage, Comprehensive sexuality education, girls' leadership, Teenage pregnancy, Youth in media

The Future Is Not Written: The Young Husband and Wife Committee…

Pressured into early marriage, Mai and Lua still actively advocate for girls' rights in their local community

Case Study / 2 June 2022 / Plan International Asia-Pacific
Categories: Campaigns, Protection from violence, Sexual and reproductive health and rights, Youth empowerment
Tags: Activism, child marriage, Civic engagement, girls' leadership, Teenage pregnancy

Taking Down Teenage Taboos: Talking about Sex to Prevent and…

Teenagers in northern Thailand are talking openly about the myths of sex, the dangers and risks of early pregnancy, marrying too young and how to put a condom on