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Nigel Chapman BBC chief appointed new Plan CEO
25/11/2008
Plan has appointed Nigel Chapman, the current Director of BBC World Service, as its new chief executive officer

Upset child in school Abuse in schools is ruining lives and affecting global economy
24/11/2008
Sexual abuse and exploitation in schools is a silent epidemic that is restricting the lives of millions of children and setting developing countries back years, according to Plan

Hand about to be caned Rape for grades: The shocking reality for world's schoolgirls
06/10/2008
Girls as young as ten are being forced to have sex by their teachers to pass exams, and threatened with poor grades and failure if they refuse, according to a groundbreaking report on school violence published today by Plan

Hand about to be caned Violee pour des notes
06/10/2008
Des fillettes de dix ans sont forcées à avoir des rapports sexuels avec leurs enseignants pour obtenir de bons résultats à leurs examens et elles sont menacées de recevoir de mauvaises notes et d'échouer si elles s'y refusent, selon un rapport sur la violence scolaire publié aujourd'hui par Plan

Hand about to be caned Violaciones a cambio de calificaciones
06/10/2008
De acuerdo a un informe pionero sobre violencia escolar publicado hoy por Plan, las niñas ya a la edad de diez años son forzadas a tener relaciones sexuales con sus maestros para aprobar los exámenes, y son amenazadas con recibir calificaciones deficientes y reprobar exámenes si se niegan a hacerlo.

Youth wearing fight AIDS tshirt Governments and parents must do better on HIV, say youth
07/08/2008
Poverty, peer pressure, pornography and poor sex education make young people across the globe unnecessarily vulnerable to HIV infection, according to youth delegates attending the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City

Girl, Liberia Girl survivors of war face poverty, prostitution and HIV
30/07/2008
Young girls brutalised by war are falling victim to poverty and prostitution once peace breaks out making them extremely vulnerable to HIV, according to a study to be presented to the International AIDS conference by Plan

Children sheltering in damaged school, Myanmar (c)  REUTERS/ Stringer 
New school year brings fresh fear for Myanmar children
02/06/2008
Hundreds of thousands of children in Myanmar whose lives have been devastated by Cyclone Nargis face new dangers when the new school year begins on 1 June, warns Plan

Girl in classroom, Burkina Faso School gender gap costs developing world US$92 billion
01/05/2008
Failure to offer girls the same educational opportunities as boys costs developing countries almost US$100 billion each year in lost economic growth, according to research by Plan

Children on a flooded road, Tanzania Plan prevents spread of serial killer in flood stricken Tanzania
23/04/2008
Children in flood hit Tanzania face greater danger from the deadliest disease in Sub Saharan Africa, as the rest of the globe prepares to mark the first ever World Malaria Day

Lucy and her parents in hospital, India Plan works "miracle" for baby Kenyan refugee
04/04/2008
A 10 month-old baby girl suffering from a life threatening heart condition and forced from her home by a violent Kenyan mob, has been given new hope in her battle for life by Plan

School enrolment campaign tractor, Cambodia Cambodian schools see exam results soar
01/04/2008
Exam results in Cambodia have increased 19-fold thanks to a project to build new schools and scrap corporal punishment and traditional teaching methods implemented by Plan

Sign of Plan's Pakistan office Plan resumes work in Pakistan after attack
28/02/2008
Plan today resumed work in Pakistan 3 days after an attack on its offices that left 4 people dead

Plan Pakistan office sign Children's NGO attacked in Pakistan
25/02/2008
The office of Plan, the leading international children’s NGO, was attacked today by a group of armed men

A youth's painting of child soldiers Child soldiers "a ticking time bomb"
18/02/2008
A generation of children forced to fight against their will are being failed and forgotten when they finally return home, says Plan

Children playing in a refugee camp, Kenya Children bear brunt of Kenyan violence
31/01/2008
Children forced to flee their homes have spoken out about the terrible effect Kenyan violence has had on them

Children's NGO warns of severe hunger in Kenya
10/01/2008
Many more Kenyan children will die hungry than have been killed in recent political violence unless urgent action is taken to ensure they have enough to eat
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