Tag: Plan International

A girl growing up today continues to face considerable human rights violations, with little change from 10 years ago, according to new analysis by Plan International. In a report published on the 10th annual International Day of the Girl, a day celebrating the importance of girls’ rights, the NGO found that a combination of factors – including the COVID-19 pandemic, climate crisis, conflict and the rise of right-wing politics – has profoundly set back progress on girls’ rights. While the International Day of the Girl has considerably raised discourse on…

Young people don’t feel adequately prepared to participate in the green economy which is critical to addressing the climate crisis, Plan International’s research has found. In a global survey, the child rights NGO found only one in three young people (29%) aged 15 to 30 feel competent in the skills they believe are needed to do jobs that tackle climate change, with young women feeling less competent than young men. A global transition towards green economies – defined as low carbon, resource efficient and socially inclusive – is widely recognised…