Category: Girls’ issues

No One Treats Us Like Human Beings: Street Children in Bangladesh
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Who’s on the street? About 680,000 children work or live on the streets of Bangladesh, where they are vulnerable to abuse and sexual exploitation. These street children are ofte[...]

How to Find an Inspiring Mentor!
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Have you ever had an older or wiser person that you asked for advice? Then you’ve had a mentor! – Mentors can help answer some of those tough life questions and guide you towards y[...]

A girl from East Timor in a Plan-supported playgroup that helps children get ready for school.

Helping A Girl Survive to Her 5th Birthday
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Almost 10 million children die each year before they reach their 5th birthdays. Many of these deaths are easy to prevent with simple actions, like hand washing, good nutrit[...]

Monthly Focus: Girls and Health
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What does it take to keep girls healthy? Our focus this month is girls’ health! Here at Plan and Because I am a Girl, we work to prevent sickness and death, as well as making su[...]

Q&A with Kama Money: A Canadian Teacher's visit to Rwanda
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Kama Money is a Canadian teacher who travelled to Rwanda through last year’s smartgirls contest. She gave us the inside scoop on the differences between the classrooms she visi[...]

Happy 75th Birthday, Plan!
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If you need filling in, Plan Canada is the parent organization of the Because I am a Girlcampaign. This year, Plan International is celebrating the 75th year anniversary since [...]

Women in the World - Girls, Celebrities, Activists, and World Leaders
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Imagine 2000 women - including world leaders, activists, celebrities, and male allies - all getting together in one place to spend three days talking about THE RIGHTS OF GIRLS AND [...]

Guest Blog by Mariane Pearl on Meeting Plan's Girl Delegates at the UN
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Posted by: Guest Blogger, Journalist and Campaigner Mariane Pearl from the 56th Commission of the Status of Women in New York. Fatmata, 17, will have to keep her eyes down when [...]

Girls Speak Up Against Child Marriage at Major UN Meeting
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“I want to be part of the decision of who I marry and when, I will decide how many children I will have…. If I have daughters, they will go to school and have an equal place with[...]

What is it about the colour PINK?
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Sometimes the Because I am a Girl campaign gets feed back telling us: "Not all girls like pink!" It makes me think … is liking the colour pink a personal preference? Or is ther[...]