Image 25 May 2022 Dramatic increase in girls cutting back on essentials to afford period... Period poverty in the UK shows no signs of subsiding as girls are forced to make increasingly difficult financ... Read more
Image 20 May 2022 Youth campaigners respond to reports Government are blocking new publi... Campaigners calling for public sexual harassment to be made a crime have responded to reports from Government ... Read more
Image 17 May 2022 Government’s International Development Strategy falls short for women ... Today (May 16), the UK Government launched its International Development Strategy outlining its vision for the... Read more
Image 21 Apr 2022 Duke and Duchess of Cambridge meet the DEC and Plan International UK t... Today, as part of the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC), Plan International UK CEO Rose Caldwell and Humanit... Read more
Image 08 Apr 2022 The Government is not taking public sexual harassment seriously, says ... Two fifths (40%) of adults in the UK don’t believe that the government is taking public sexual harassment seri... Read more
Image 08 Mar 2022 Government went ahead with aid cuts despite knowing women and girls wo... Today (March 8), the International Development Select Committee used parliamentary privilege to publish the Eq... Read more
Image 07 Jan 2022 A nation of letter-writers: One third of us are still in touch with ou... One-third (33%) of Brits who have had a pen pal are still in touch with them years later, global children’s ch... Read more
Image 20 Oct 2021 Nearly two million girls in the UK miss school because of their period Nearly two million girls (64%) aged 14-21 in the UK have missed a part day or full day of school because of th... Read more
Image 11 Oct 2021 Plan International youth activist Maisy becomes McLaren Automotive CEO... A 17-year-old youth activist has become the Chief Executive Officer of luxury supercar maker McLaren Automotiv... Read more
Image 11 Oct 2021 International Day of the Girl: 68% of girls feel held back by harmful ... Harmful gender stereotypes are still widespread and affecting every aspect of girls’ lives, from the careers t... Read more
Image 29 Jul 2021 UK falls short on commitment to girls’ education as Global Education S... Today, the Global Education Summit, co-hosted by the UK, has failed to reach its funding target of ‘at least $... Read more
Image 20 Jul 2021 Two-thirds of girls have changed their behaviour to avoid public sexua... Millions of girls are still being forced to change the way they live their lives because of public sexual hara... Read more
