Plan International Teenage Girls

http://plan-international.org/girls/pdfs/plan-gender-policy.pdf

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Gender inequity varies in its expression from place to place, but in all communities where Plan works, we encounter some form of gender-based discrimination, gender stereotyping and an unequal distribution of power between women and men, girls and boys.

This injustice especially affects the lives of girls and women from infancy to adulthood.

It contributes to high infant and childhood mortality, to low educational achievement, and to failures to protect children from harm.

It also affects the economic survival of families and the participation of children and young people in family and community decisions.

Many violations of children’s rights have their roots in gender-based inequality, exclusion and injustice.

Achieving gender equality is therefore a core objective of Plan’s work as an organisation dedicated to child rights.
Plan’s commitment to gender equality is based on the international standards established by the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).

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This has been in the news and I am posting it because of the contrast between what should happen and what is happening. There are many other examples at this site.

There are many many examples of women and young girls being excluded out of habit, poor planning and health. Having religions joining in is not exactly helpful!

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