“To survive on the streets, girls have to join one of the hundreds of gangs in Alexandria, whose joining fee is sexual abuse by older gang members. The authorities in Alexandria believe that girls who are not virgins, who are now ‘ladies’ are automatically the responsibility of their non-existent husbands. And this blind [...]
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International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation (Guest Blogger Melanie Gorka)
Join the world is standing up for the right of girls to say no to Female Genital Mutilation. Today is International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation. Maybe the most violent act that a girl is forced to undergo, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a violent and unnecessary procedure and it always breaks [...]
What is microcredit and how does it work for women? by Guest Blogger Melanie Gorka
Small is better: microloans go a long way in creating economic security in developing countries and Plan has many microcredit programs that help women and children to have sustainable incomes all while being involved in their communities. But what is microcredit exactly?
My professor once told this story to describe how microcredit works:
On his way to [...]
Where in the World: El Salvador
El Salvador is a small Central American country where Plan has worked for more than 30 years. It is also home to 13 girls that are part of the Because I am a Girl study (following 140 girls from birth to age nine in several countries around the world to see how the fact that [...]
Five Areas of Gender Discrimination
Today I learned that its possible to see gender discrimination as divided into five areas: invisibility, capacity, physically and mentally, family and household responsibilities, and traditions and customs.
Invisibility
This includes pre-birth gender selection, lack of birth registration and public environments, which are unsafe for girls, marginalising them and discouraging their visibility.
Capacity
This affects the full ability of [...]
What do we mean when we talk about EMPOWERMENT?
Looking around the world you can see lots of statistics and numbers about women experiencing violence, inequality and poverty.
A special Because I am a Girl report on The State of the World’s Girls says,
“Discrimination against girls and young women remains deeply entrenched and widely tolerated throughout the world. Many of the challenges girls will face [...]
The Issue: Water and Sanitation
I know that I take my flush toilet and hot running water for granted, but I shouldn’t.
Almost half…that’s right, I said half… of the people in the world lack access to sanitation. And almost 1 billion people still drink from unsafe water sources. Its something that we don’t think about very often here, but lack [...]
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