These holidays... give a gift of hope
With a real project gift from Plan you are giving hope to the children and families whose lives are being threatened in communities throughout East Africa.
Find out moreBecause I am a Girl: The State of the World's Girls
The state of the world's girls (2007 to 2015)
Because I am Girl is based on a nine-part series of reports titled 'Because I am a Girl: The State of the World's Girls'. The reports, which are published annually from 2007-2015, examine the rights and needs of girls and young women in developing countries and explore how they are uniquely placed to break the cycle of poverty.
I believe that securing the future for our girls is critical to achieving national development...Making a positive change to the state of the world's girls through educational and economic opportunities will lead to a decline in poverty around the world.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
President of Liberia (first woman president in Africa)
Plan's annual 'Because I am a Girl' report series will focus each year on a specific violation of the rights of girls and young women and the mechanisms for securing them. The reports will also feature the 'Real Choices, Real Lives' cohort study which will follow the lives of 135 baby girls living in nine developing countries from 2007-2015. This 'life cycle' approach in each report will provide an important lens for examining girls' rights and will bring to life the inequalities buried in global statistics.
To learn more about the campaign and view the reports visit the Because I am a Girl website of Plan in Australia.