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Interagency statement calling on UN Member States to take urgent…

We, the undersigned organisations, call on all UN Member States to take urgent steps to protect people deprived of their liberty across the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel.
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Plan International responds to Typhoon Yagi’s devastation…

Typhoon Yagi, the most powerful storm to hit Asia in 2024, has caused widespread destruction across Southeast Asia since its landfall last week.
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Joint statement on the Transformative Actions by girls and young…

The UN Summit of the Future provides a critical window of opportunity to increase commitment to and investment in adolescent girls’ rights in the 2030 Agenda and post-2030 development framework,…
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Plan International provides emergency assistance as forest fires…

We're scaling up humanitarian assistance to children and families in Bolivia as the country battles some of its worst forest fires ever recorded.
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Millions of children at risk after devastating floods in Bangladesh…

Severe flooding triggered by monsoon rains in Bangladesh has left millions of children in need of humanitarian assistance.
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Gaza: Aid agencies and medical professionals warn of dangers…

A ceasefire is needed so life-saving polio vaccinations can be administered children following confirmation of the first case of polio in Gaza in 25 years.
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Open Letter to Member States of the UN General Assembly

Signed by 413 humanitarian organisations around the world who are calling for the protection of civilians, including their staff.
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Schools should not be a target in any conflict

Nearly 500 days since the conflict in Sudan and this latest attack on schools in North Kordofan has blown dreams of children returning to the classroom.
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Gaza: Humanitarian access denied, relentless bombardment and…

NGOs working in Gaza highlight the crippling obstruction of access for aid and deplorable conditions during the last two weeks in their latest humanitarian snapshot 
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Bombardment of schools in Gaza must stop now

Attacks on schools in Gaza must cease immediately as an escalation of Israeli strikes targeting education facilities puts a generation of children at risk of never returning to the classroom.…
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IPC confirms famine conditions in North Darfur, Sudan

15 months of conflict in Sudan have pushed parts of North Darfur, notably the Zamzam camp near El Fasher town, into famine conditions.
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Hundreds of girls say they face online harm at least once a…

New global research from Plan International and CNN's As Equals finds girls and women are frequently harassed online.
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