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As the party conference season ends today, girls and young women report feeling underrepresented by and disconnected from UK political leaders, with almost half of UK girls (47%) having lost trust in them over the last three years.

Global children’s charity Plan International UK has organised twenty girls to take over positions of power in business, politics and media, for the 11th UN International Day of the Girl today. 

Law comes as new polling shows only 1 in 20 girls feel completely safe in public spaces.

Today, the UK Government announced its pledge of £80 million to Education Cannot Wait (ECW) – the UN’s global fund for education in emergencies.

As temperatures rise so does the fear of being harassed – and girls stop exercising outdoors, don’t go to music festivals and police what they wear as a result.

Global Plan International CEO Stephen Omollo issues a joint global statement with an urgent plea to avert an unprecedented humanitarian crisis signed by 12 humanitarian agencies.

Plan International UK CEO Rose Caldwell signed the below international joint letter from 12 UK-based agencies, calling on the government to put civilians first in the Israel Gaza conflict.

Yesterday (17 July), the Illegal Migration Bill passed its final vote in the Lords, clearing the way for it to pass into law. 

In response to today’s Horn of Africa Pledging Event, where the UK Government has announced it will pledge £143 million to the ongoing hunger crisis in the region that is affecting over 5 million acutely malnourished children, Rose Caldwell, CEO of Plan International UK, says: