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Why we need more biased technology

On Girls in ICT Day 2020, Plan International's Nora Lindstrom examines why technology discriminates against girls and women and what needs to change.
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Violence against girls and women risks being COVID-19’s invisible…

Evidence from COVID-19 affected countries and research into girls in other recent crises suggests an impending invisible catastrophe. 
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Girls Get Equal in the COVID-19 crisis

A message from our Head of Campaigns, Sarah Carson about the Girls Get Equal campaign in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. 
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Pushing for equality for girls in the age of COVID-19

As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds, Plan International CEO Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen reflects on the effects on girls across the globe, and what must be done to mitigate them. 
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COVID-19 school closures around the world will hit girls hardest…

As COVID-19 forces school closures in 185 countries, Plan International and UNESCO warn of the potential for increased drop-out rates which will disproportionately affect adolescent girls.
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Tackling COVID-19: Lessons learnt from Ebola

Six years ago, the Ebola outbreak in West Africa killed more than 11,300 people.  Now, the world is grappling with COVID-19 pandemic, the biggest health crisis of a generation. 
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COVID-19: Quarantine when home isn’t safe for children…

Countries and homes are on lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID-19. What happens when home isn't a safe space?
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Adolescent girls in crises deserve better emergency responses…

Now is the time to make humanitarian action work for them, not against them, writes Plan International’s Anne-Sophie Lois.
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Ending child marriage is possible: Invest in what’s working…

We can end child marriage in a generation with the support of young activists and if governments and NGOs invest in what has been proven to work. A blog by Bhagyashri Dengle, interim regional…
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Girls’ freedom online is under attack

Compared to their male peers, girls online are facing more threats of sexual violence, more comments about their appearance and behaviour and are more often told not to speak out and have an…
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This is how Girls Get Equal

Girls Get Equal is the world’s biggest girl-led campaign for gender equality. Now is the time for change, blogs Plan International CEO, Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen. 
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Family planning is a human right

Plan International supports all girls and young women to make their own sexual and reproductive health choices. Because they have rich and complex lives. They have hopes and ambitions and because…
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