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Run the Dublin City Half Marathon with Team Plan

Take on the Dublin City Half Marathon this May 3rd and run for something bigger than the finish line.

Join Team Plan International Ireland and help champion girls’ rights, education and equality around the world.

Unfortunately, tickets are now sold out!

However, please message us and we will keep you on the list for next year. Or sign up to run the Vhi Women’s Mini Marathon! Learn more here.

About Team Plan Ireland

Poverty, violence and discrimination still hold back millions of children. And in this unequal world, it’s often girls that are the most affected. Just for being girls. Denied the chance to go to school. To make decisions about their lives. To achieve their dreams.

It’s not fair, and it’s not right. Our mission is to change this.

We are Plan International Ireland, a global children’s charity striving for an equal world. One where every child can reach their full potential and every girl can choose her own future.

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Why Run for Girls?

Advocate for Girls' Education
Advocate for Girls' Education

130 million girls around the world today are out of school. There are many barriers to girls’ education globally: poverty, child marriage, sexual exploitation, FGM, period poverty, disability and stigma are just some of them. Lockdowns and school closures due to COVID-19 have hit girls’ education particularly hard and threaten to roll back years of progress.

We believe that girls’ education leads to girls’ equality. Education is critical in tackling harmful gender norms, and empowering girls to drive change. It gives girls the skills to become leaders, innovators and change makers, and to tackle future crises.

Help End Child Marriage
Help End Child Marriage

Every 3 seconds, a girl is forced to marry. If we don’t act now, more than 150 million girls will become child brides by 2030.

Girls married before the age of 18 are more likely to experience physical, sexual and domestic violence. They become isolated with their freedom curtailed and are much less likely to stay in school.

We work to empower girls to claim their rights and continue their education. We challenge deeply rooted gender inequalities and social norms and are ensuring that girls are involved in the process.