Sex for food: girls face impossible choices in Southern Africa…
From sex for food to forced marriage, girls are caught between impossible choices for survival as severe food shortages sweep across Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique.
9 out of 10 girls believe women leaders suffer sexual harassment…
A clear majority of girls worldwide want to take on leadership roles in the workplace, politics and wider society. However, 9 out of 10 of them believe women leaders will suffer discrimination…
Women leaders four times more likely to be shown naked on screen…
Our report for International Day of the Girl, in partnership with the Geena Davis Institute, has concluded that girls and women are being misrepresented in the media.
UN resolution on sexual violence in conflict disregards girls’…
Plan International is outraged by the disregard displayed for the rights of girls and women rape survivors in the resolution on combating sexual violence in conflict that was adopted by the…
Brazil has passed a law banning the marriage of children under 16 following a two year long campaign by politicians and NGOs including Plan International.
70 year old Nigerian man marries 15 year old school girl
On Monday this week, Nigerian media reported that a man in his 70s had married a 15 year old girl in Niger State. Photos of the couple, posted on social media, have since sparked outrage across…
Plan International shuts down operations in Pakistan
After more than 2 decades of working in Pakistan, Plan International has stopped operating in the country following orders from the Government of Pakistan.
Child marriage Facebook auction reminiscent of slave markets…
Plan International is calling on the South Sudanese government to investigate a Facebook auction which led to the child marriage of a 17-year-old girl.
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