This Calín Can!
For this year’s International Day of the Girl, we are delighted to announce the launch of the ‘chari-tee’ in collaboration with Plan International Ireland Ambassador Amy Huberman and Hairy Baby Clothing Company. Hairy Baby have launched a new range of t-shirts, hoodies and tote bags with the slogan ‘This Cailín Can’ to celebrate International Day […]
The 63rd Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
Impressions from the UN’s largest gathering on women’s rights issues. Anne Marie McCarthy, Plan International Ireland’s Emergencies’ Programme Manager reports live from New York, USA. As I sit in New York, watching the sun go down on my last evening of the 63rd Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, […]
Important Step for Women’s Equality
Plan International Ireland welcomes the first motion brought by the Women’s Caucus to the Dáil as an important step to achieving equality for women. The cross-party motion which was passed yesterday in the Dáil aims to tackle Period Poverty, which is real issue for women and it is having a negative impact on their education, […]
Important Step for Women’s Equality on Historic Day at Dáil Éireann
Plan International Ireland welcomes the first motion brought by the Women’s Caucus to the Dáil as an important step to achieving equality for women. The cross-party motion which was passed yesterday in the Dáil aims to tackle Period Poverty, which is real issue for women and it is having a negative impact on their education, […]
International Women’s Day 2019
On International Women’s Day we are celebrating trailblazing women who share their power and make space for girls to take the lead.
International Day of the Girl – Afterthoughts
Do you remember what you did on 11th October? I do. It was a day I will remember for a long time. My name is Jigyasa and on 11th October, the International Day of the Girl, I told my story of how growing up in New Delhi, India, I was sexually abused at the age […]
Be Bold for Change: International Women’s Day 2017
Anne Marie McCarthy, Plan International Ireland’s Emergencies’ Coordinator comments on this year’s International Women’s Day. The first time that I celebrated International Women’s Day was when I was working with a national Senegalese Women’s NGO in the 90’s. It wasn’t a day that was really celebrated in Ireland and I didn’t know what to expect. In Senegal […]
The Permanent Scars of Female Genital Mutilation
Nkatha* is a victim of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). Her grandmother, thinking it was the right thing to do, helped facilitate Nkatha to undergo the ‘cut’ at the tender age of nine to fulfil a cultural norm. Nkatha only vaguely remembers the finer details but she can recall when a female visitor arrived at her […]
