Reports and Publications

Girl, Interrupted – 10 years of girls’ rights in Australia

A Plan International report on 10 years of girls’ rights in Australia – the progress, the setbacks and how to accelerate equality for all.

Smart, Successful, Strong:

This report shines a light on the impact of COVID-19 on adolescent girls in South East Asia and the Pacific and their experiences of accessing secondary education over the last twelve months. The report is a collaboration between Plan International’s offices in Australia, Indonesia and Vietnam with support from colleagues and partners across the Asia Pacific region.

REPORT SUMMARY. A Better Normal: Girls call for a revolutionary reset.

This report summary presents the key findings and recommendations from A Better Normal: Girls Call for a Revolutionary Reset.

A Better Normal: Girls call for a revolutionary reset.

A ground-breaking , youth-led research, involving more than 1,060 girls and young women from 99 countries has mapped out their visions of a better, more equitable and more peaceful post-pandemic world.

Living Under Lockdown: Girls and COVID 19

Our latest report, Living Under Lockdown: Girls and COVID-19 is a review of evidence into how emergencies and humanitarian crises affect girls differently and includes interviews with girls specifically impacted by COVID-19. Researchers found girls living in a COVID-19 world are more at risk of violence, exclusion and poverty, and face a greater risk of becoming infected with COVID-19.

Free to Be: Sydney

The threat of sexual harassment with and without physical contact was the main issue identified in connection with bad pins. Over two-thirds of the comments on bad pins included sexual harassment of some kind and 63% of all the pins identified gender-based discrimination as a factor.

Stronger Together: Girls Leading Change in the Solomon Islands

What makes it hard for all young women and girls in the Solomon Islands to have the chance to go to and complete secondary school or have a second chance to complete informal education? What are the stumbling blocks or barriers?

Everyday Sexism: Girls’ and Young Women’s Views on Gender Inequality in Australia

Despite significant gains in gender equality in Australia in recent decades, inequalities for women persist across many areas of life, gender stereotypes remain powerful, and discrimination on the basis of sex still occurs in many contexts.