Plan International Australia

The result of COVID lockdowns and school closures is and will be hardest hit by girls. We have an opportunity to change this.

Social media is the new frontier for gendered violence and the rapid escalation we’ve witnessed during the coronavirus pandemic is chilling.

If there is one thing the pandemic has taught us, it is that no person, no country or global economy is immune to its devastating impacts.

Girls and young women with disabilities in developing countries have been among the hardest hit during the COVID-19 crisis.

A ground-breaking research project led by girls from Australia and Vietnam has mapped out a vision for a better and more equal post-COVID world.

Girls are at risk of gender-based violence, child marriage and forced marriage, according to Plan International and Save the Children.

This emergency for girls has already caused a sharp uptick in potentially deadly unintended pregnancies, child marriages, and sexual abuse.

Girls living in a COVID-19 world are likely to experience devastating secondary impacts of the pandemic, a new report reveals.

The aid agencies have issued a number of urgent action points, noting that children born today have contributed the least but have most to lose.