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Stepping up humanitarian assistance after Hurricane Eta
6 November 2020
Plan International is preparing to deliver urgent humanitarian assistance to children and families in Nicaragua in the wake of Hurricane Eta.

Invisible and alone: social isolation blocks girls’ chances
9 May 2017
Domestic duties, restricted freedoms and early marriage push adolescent girls into social isolation, making it a major, unrecognised barrier to ending inequality. Find out more from this new research.

'Invisible girls' face normalised violence
9 May 2017
The low social status of marginalised adolescent girls exposes them to daily violence, our latest research warns. That this abuse is largely accepted threatens progress that could be made towards equality.

Stopping sexual violence in Nicaragua
4 April 2016
Through its Girl Power Project, Plan International is working with communities in Nicaragua to ensure girls and young women are protected from sexual violence.