Publications

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 world with gender equality at its heart.

Our Voices for our Tomorrow

This report presents young people’s thoughts, worries, ideas, vision, and recommendations for a gender-equal future.

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.

Gender in ECCD in 6 countries

This report summaries the results of studies undertaken by Plan International into the gender dimensions of early childhood development and of Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) programmes…

Monitoring and Evaluating Children’s Participation

This toolkit is intended for use by practitioners and children working in participatory programmes, as well as by governments, NGOs, civil society and children’s organisations seeking to assess…

Advocacy Toolkit: The Education We Want

This advocacy toolkit has been developed for young people, by young people, to help children and youth to effectively advocate for their right to an education.

Sticks and Stones

Sticks and stones is a practical tool for facilitators to increase and encourage the involvement of children in their own protection.

Learning toys production guide

This guide supports early childhood workers and parents to develop play and learning materials from low-cost, local and recycled materials in settings where there are limited resources.

Parenting Impact Study in Lira, Uganda

This report describes the development, implementation and evaluation of a 12-session, community-wide, parenting programme implemented in Uganda to promote child health, growth and cognitive…

Include Us!

This ground breaking report, produced in collaboration with London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, reveals that children with disabilities in developing countries are being held back…

Because I am a Girl

This report tracks the achievements and global impact of Plan International’s Because I am a Girl campaign in the year following its launch on the International Day of the Girl Child, 11 October…

The State of the World’s Girls 2013: Adolescent Girls…

Adolescent girls’ rights are being ignored before, during and after disasters, both in the urgency of disaster response, and in the gaps between humanitarian and development work.

Child Marriage in Bangladesh: Findings from a National Survey…

This survey by Plan International Bangladesh and icddr,b finds that a lack of education is strongly associated with levels of child marriage.

Child marriage in Bangladesh

Bangladesh has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world. Around two thirds of women aged 20 to 24 marry before the age of 18, despite the minimum legal age being 18 for females.…

Child Marriage in India

Almost half of all girls in India marry before the age of 18. This study explores the factors contributing to child marriage in India and examines the impact of Plan International’s initiatives.…

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