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Girls demand safety in Polish cities

Safer Cities for Girls programme supports young people to address the issue of safety and sexual harassment in cities and share their recommendations with peers and policymakers to build safe,…

Voices of girls in crisis

Every year on 11 October, the International Day of the Girl reminds us of the power, resilience, and leadership of girls.

Safer cities for girls

Girls in Poland need safer cities. Working with youth groups, we are identifying spaces in cities where action is needed to make them safer.

Not a target: children in Ukraine must be protected from attacks…

Missile and drone strikes across Ukraine this week have killed at least 13 people and injured 65, devastating more than 30 cities and towns.

Rebuilding after Storm Boris

After the devastation from Storm Boris, communities in Western Poland are finding ways to rebuild.

Launch of interagency report on children’s mental health,…

A research report has been launched on the subjective wellbeing of children living in Poland in the face of the war in Ukraine.

How Polish schools are welcoming refugee children from Ukraine…

Plan International is working with local partners in Poland to get refugee children back into school as quickly as possible.

Stand up for children, especially girls, impacted by conflict…

There is a rapidly deteriorating situation for children and families stranded in areas with a lack of safe exit routes, who face a daily challenge for survival.

Urgent need for psychosocial support as child refugees bear…

Children who have fled the conflict in Ukraine are frequently showing signs of emotional distress, from struggling to speak to constant crying, according to testimonials.

Attacks on children in Ukraine must stop, with safe passage…

The humanitarian crisis faced by children caught up in the Ukraine conflict is multiplying by the hour and children are at risk.

We urge protection of asylum-seeking and migrant children at…

Reports suggest more than 5,000 people have been struggling in bitterly cold conditions along the border between Belarus and Poland.