Because I am a Girl campaign

Join Plan's campaign to help girls realise their full potential

Because I am a Girl is Plan’s campaign to fight gender inequality, promote girls' rights and lift millions of girls out of poverty.

Across the world, girls face the double discrimination of their gender and age, leaving them suffering at the bottom of the social ladder.

Girls are denied access to health services and education, and also face extremely high levels of violence, abuse, and harassment.

Join the campaign

You can help girls living in poverty. Find out more and take action via Plan's fundraising organisations:

Canada | Germany | Netherlands | Norway |Switzerland | UK

Girl reports

Plan is producing one girl report each year in the run up to 2015, the target year for the Millennium Development Goals.

Because I am a Girl: the state of the world's girls 2008
Special Focus: In the shadow of war
     
The 2008 report examines the state of girls in conflict situations around the world. Find out more

English summary (900kb | 4 pages)  

English full report (5mb | 185 pages) 

 

Because I am a Girl: the state of the world's girls 2007
The first in a series of reports following 135 girls born in 2006 to see how their gender impacts on their lives. Find out more.

Summary English | French | Spanish   

English full report (4.1mb | 98 pages)  

French full report (2.5mb | 196 pages)  

Spanish full report (2.5mb | 196 pages)