Urgent Need for Psychosocial Support as Child Refugees Bear ‘Invisible’ Scars of Ukraine Conflict
Children who have fled the conflict in Ukraine are frequently showing signs of emotional distress.
Give Children and Peace a Chance
The scenes of human suffering unfolding in Ukraine should remind us that there is never a bad time to talk about peace and how to give peace – and our children – a chance.
How Climate Change Affects Girls
The United Nations will host the Climate Action Summit in New York on the 23rd of September 2019. Plan International wants to focus the attention of world leaders on the impact of climate change on girls’ lives and how addressing gender inequality should be a central component of climate change policy. The already existing inequalities faced by […]
Sexual misinformation and young people
I had never been taught about consent. This is my story.
Girls’ Return To Education Must Be Prioritised After The Pandemic
This International Day of Education is an opportunity to highlight the risks girls face when they are out of education and call for their voices and needs to be centred as we collectively build back better throughout 2021 and beyond. Covid-19 has wreaked havoc on education and the lives of children in Ireland and across […]
Engaging youth in the Lake Chad Basin
Kaleri youth group has over 700 members and 12 officers and is working with Plan International on a programme working on youth engagement and social cohesion. Lydia has been with the youth group for three years.
World Children’s Day 2020
As yesterday marked World Children’s Day, I want to take the opportunity to highlight the impact that the coronavirus pandemic is having on children across the world and the threat it poses to any gains made in recent years on children’s rights and equality for girls. As restrictions came into force around the world this […]
International Day to Protect Education From Attack
On the first ever International Day to Protect Education from Attack, our Emergencies Officer, Stacey Dunne, and our Desk Officer, Deirdre Murray, reflect on the situations in Cameroon and Mali and how Plan International is working to support access to education in areas of conflict. Following a decision by the UN General Assembly, the 9th […]
Keeping Girls Safe During COVID-19
Millions at risk as sexual abuse, unintended pregnancies, and child marriages spike under lockdown. A silent and lethal ‘shadow pandemic’ is currently unfolding across the globe as millions of girls are witnessing the erosion of their sexual and reproductive health and rights under lockdown. A sharp increase in potentially deadly unintended pregnancies, child marriages, sexual […]
Smashing Stereotypes on International Women’s Day 2020
Kate Smith, member of Plan International Ireland’s Youth Advisory Panel, writes our guest blog for International Women’s Day 2020. On the 8th of March each year the world celebrates International Women’s Day which is a time to celebrate the empowerment of women while calling on everyone to tackle the persistent barriers against gender equality. Yet […]
