Publications

Still We Dream

This year’s State of the World’s Girls Report focuses on the experiences of young people whose lives are dominated by conflict.

The Girls’ Pact for the Future

Girls from around the world have developed the Girls’ Pact for the Future to share their vision for a better world with gender equality at its heart.

Real Choices, Real Lives: Research Series

We're following the lives of 118 girls from birth until they turn 18 in 2024 to understand the real experiences of girls in a gendered world.

Girls’ Burden of Unpaid Care (2017)

This report forms part of Plan International’s ongoing research, Real Choices, Real Lives, and explores the gendered social rules and structures in girls’ home lives, relationships, and…

Real Choices, Real Lives: Ten Years On (2016)

Ten years into the Real Choices, Real Lives research study, this report reflects on the lives of the cohort girls since their births in 2006.

Real Choices, Real Lives: The Early Years (2007 – 2015)…

The research study, Real Choices, Real Lives, began in 2007 following the lives of girls in nine countries around the world who were born in 2006.

Strengthening girls’ rights as human rights

This research sheds light on progress, gaps, and opportunities related to girls’ rights and their protection within key human rights frameworks.

Post-distribution monitoring tipsheet and questionnaire for…

Plan International has revised its Post-Distribution Monitoring (PDM) questionnaire to improve the quality and impact of its Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) programs.

The 2024 Girls’ Leadership Index Report

The 2024 Girls' Leadership Index offers a critical examination of the progress and challenges facing girls and young women across the Asia-Pacific region.

Pacific Girls in a Changing Climate

Documenting lived experiences of girls in Pacific, this report examines the impact of climate change on girls’ safety, education and health.

Out of Time: The Gendered Care Divide and its Impact on Girls…

The study aims to understand the root causes of gender inequality, and how girls around the world are socialised into gendered social norms that shape their opportunities, behaviours, and attitudes. …

She Leads: COP29 Youth Declaration

This group of young climate change activists are committed to addressing the urgent challenges posed to girls and young women by climate change at COP29.

COP29 Policy and Advocacy Brief

This brief sets out Plan International's calls to action to Parties, negotiators and leaders at COP29.

Miniguides: Adolescent-Responsive Cash and Voucher Assistance…

Resources to help practitioners effectively use cash and voucher assistance (CVA) to achieve protection, education, and wellbeing outcomes for crisis affected adolescent girls and boys.

Study on the impact of cash on child protection

Qualitative research shows that cash support plays a crucial role in enabling families to meet essential needs, reducing negative coping strategies and improving child protection outcomes.

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