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(DHAKA): Fear is spreading through the world’s largest refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, as a potentially devastating coronavirus catastrophe looms, warns child rights and humanitarian organisation Plan International.

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.

Three quarters (76%) of women and girls residing in Lebanon are struggling to afford menstrual products amidst the country’s economic crisis, according to new research conducted by global children’s charity Plan International and feminist collective Fe-Male.

Children are being failed by climate funding commitments, despite bearing the brunt of the climate crisis, according to a new report from members of the Children’s Environmental Rights Initiative (CERI) coalition; Plan International, Save the Children, and UNICEF.

Charity Plan International UK can today reveal that 58 per cent of girls aged 14-21 in the UK have been publicly sexually harassed in their learning environment.  

As the Prime Minister announces a new vision for international development at the UK’s Food Security Summit, Plan International UK is warning of “more empty promises” unless aid cuts falling heavily on girls and gender equality are reversed.

A 17-year-old youth activist has become the Chief Executive Officer of luxury supercar maker McLaren Automotive for the day to celebrate International Day of the Girl and encourage young people, and particularly young women, into science and engineering careers.

Friday, 28 May 2021 - More than a third (36%) of Girls aged 14-21 in the UK have struggled to afford or access period products during the Coronavirus pandemic - up a fifth on last year, according to a new survey released by international children’s charity Plan International UK.

Girls across the UK are struggling with verbal abuse, bullying and a feeling of shame around their periods, with many of those affected suffering in silence, according to a new survey by Plan International UK released to coincide with Menstrual Hygiene Day 2019. This follows the UK Government’s...