Because I am a Girl: Growing up in El Salvador

This film looks at 4-year-old Heidi from El Salvador, who is part of Plan’s global cohort study which follows 135 girls from birth to their ninth birthday in 2015.

The film is narrated by her young mother Mirna, and sheds light on the life of a young, single mother in El Salvador. 

Mirna is part of a Plan project for vulnerable girls, which offers counselling and legal advice. It also supports the girls as they seek further education or work.

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Because I am a Girl: I'll take it from here

Da jeg ikke kan være med direkte på den Internationale Pigedag får i nogle indlæg fra sidste år igen, så i kan mindes hvilken success det var!

Watch this innovative stop-motion film on the plight and power of girls around the world.

Shot in Malawi with the participation of children and young people in the community, it shows how education can give girls the chance to move from poverty to oppportunity.

75 million girls around the world are out of school. Plan's Because I am a Girl campaign aims to support millions of girls to get the education, skills and support they need to transform their lives and the world around them.

Dance off! Girls and boys unite to change the world

Watch the video to see how girls and boys in El Salvador dance their way to a more just world for both sexes.

The scenes and choreography in this film were designed and performed by the Network and Evolution Plan Youth Groups in El Salvador.

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In pictures: World glows pink for girls campaign launch

Da jeg ikke kan være med direkte på den Internationale Pigedag får i nogle indlæg fra sidste år igen, så i kan mindes hvilken success det var!

Landmarks across the world are being lit up bright pink to celebrate the global launch of Plan's Because I am a Girl campaign today - the first ever international Day of the Girl.

Globally, 1 in 3 girls is denied an education. Plan's Because I am a Girl campaign aims to support millions of girls to get the education, skills and support they need to transform their lives and the world around them.

Because I am a Girl: So, what about boys?

Like girls, boys and men are affected by negative gender stereotypes – but they also hold the power to create gender equality that will benefit everyone.

Watch the video to see how gender equality cannot be tackled by girls and women alone; how and why men and boys can, and should, contribute to creating a more equal society.

Plan has launched the fifth of its 'Because I am a Girl' reports, which reveals how gender equality is good for boys too.

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FNs Internationale Pigedag

Da jeg ikke kan være med direkte på den Internationale Pigedag får i nogle indlæg fra sidste år igen, så i kan mindes hvilken success det var!

"Vi har længe talt ned og set frem til i dag: FNs og verdens første Internationale Pigedag. I dag går Plans globale kampagne 'Because I Am a Girl' for alvor i gang.

Verden over er berømte monumenter badet i pink lys: Empire State Building, London Eye, Real Madrids stadion, Pyramiderne, Niagara Falls og ikke mindst Den lille Havfrue på Langelinie.

Plan har siden 2009 været en af de primære drivkræfter i arbejdet for at sikre pigerne deres egen mærkedag. Vi glæder os over, at den i dag er en realitet og håber, det øger engagementet for pigers rettigheder verden over."

Because I am a Girl

Plan's work to promote child rights and lift millions of children out of poverty is based around 8 core areas: education, health, water and sanitation, protection, economic security, emergencies, child participation and sexual health, including HIV. With that comes the three main campaigns Because I am a Girl, Count Every Child and Learn Without Fear.

Over the next year one of these areas or campaigns will be the focus for one month each.

The focus of October is Because I am a Girl.