Celebrating women and girls on International Women’s Day

Each year, on March 8, International Women’s Day gives Canadians the opportunity to recognize women and their accomplishments, and the progress made to achieve gender equality, here at home and around the world. And, do we have a lot to celebrate!

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Malala Day London

Plan UK, A World at School and the Southbank Centre in London recently hosted a special event highlighting girls’ right to education. The event tied in with the first ever youth take-over of the United Nations General Assembly on 12th July 2013 – now designated ‘Malala Day’. Malala Yousafzai was shot by masked gunmen while she was on her way to school in Pakistan last October – targeted for her support of girls’ education. On her 16th birthday she lead the first ever youth UN take-over in New York making a moving and powerful speech.

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Hånden i vejret for pigerne!

I går var det Malala Dag, i den anledning tog tre af os fra Plan Future ind i Folketinget for at snakke med Mogens Lykketoft. Vi fik ham til at række hånden i vejret for pigerne samtidigt med at vi gav ham og hele Folketinget et brev om hvor vigtigt det er at sætte pigers ret uddannelse på dagsordenen når post 2015 målene skal udformes.

Echoing Malala's voice: Youth take over Sierra Leone's national parliament

As youth from all over the world today join Malala Yousafzai in taking over the United Nations General Assembly in New York, thousands of miles away, in Freetown, Sierra Leone, a group of 50 young people between the ages of 11 and 18 are setting out to do the same in their national parliament.

24 boys and 26 girls, from communities where Plan works all over Sierra Leone have been inspired by Malala’s call to action on education, giving a voice to the 66 million other girls who, like she once was, are denied an education.

They too want to raise awareness by advocating draft resolutions that directly fall in line with the Millennium Development Goal’s objective to achieve universal primary education.

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Malala Day: Youths take over UN

Malala Yousafzai has celebrated her 16th birthday by leading the first ever youth takeover of the United Nations in New York.

Young people from around the world - including a Plan-supported youth delegation - gathered together on 12 July to agree an official youth ‘call to action’ for the UN’s education work post-2015.

Malala, who was shot in the head by the Taliban last October for being a schoolgirl, made a powerful and moving speech. She highlighted the plight of ‘other Malalas’ across the world and called for urgent action to ensure education for all.

"One child, one teacher, one pen and one book can change the world. Education is the only solution. Education first," she said.

Watch Malala's speech in full, via the BBC website*

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Watch the UN youth takeover

Watch a live stream of Malala's speech and the first ever youth takeover of the United Nations.

Find out more about Malala Day and see how you can get involved.

Support girls' education: Raise your hand now.

Source credit: UN Web TV

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Malala Day: Plan’s youth delegates arrive in New York

Plan’s delegates at Friday’s youth takeover of the United Nations have been explaining why they believe education is vital for the future of young people around the world. 

The delegates are now arriving in New York, where they will join more than 600 other young people to agree a Call to Action which will help shape the UN’s education work from 2015. They will also hear from global education campaigner Malala Yousafzai, who is expected to call for the urgent prioritisation of education in developing countries. 

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