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Girls and young women in the UK are facing a hidden ‘safety tax’ as they strive to stay safe after dark, according to new research by global children and girls’ rights charity Plan International UK.

Today marks a year since the October 7 attack on Israel and a year of military violence in Gaza and the West Bank.

Famous faces from TV, sport and fashion share school memories for girls’ education campaign.

Plan International UK CEO Rose Caldwell backs Global Plan International’s statement calling for children in Gaza and Israel to be protected from humanitarian catastrophe.

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.