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Breaking Vows: Early and Forced Marriage and Girls' Education
J Myers / Plan, 2011
One in every three girls in the developing world is married by the age of 18. One in seven marries before they reach the age of 15. Early and forced marriage is most prevalent where poverty, birth and...
Because I am a girl: so, what about boys?
N van de gaag / Plan, 2011
This is the is the fifth in a series of annual reports published by Plan examining the rights of girls throughout their childhood, adolescence and as young women. The report shows that far from being ...
Because they are girls: mapping Plan’s experience in improving the lives of girls
S. Hendriks / Plan, 2010
This publication is the report of a desk study that takes stock of Plan’s efforts to promote gender equality. Fifteen years ago Plan formally adopted the achievement of gender equality as a critical c...
Hard work, long hours and little pay: research with children working on tobacco farms in Malawi
G. Clacherty / Plan, 2009
Malawi has the highest incidence of child labour in Southern Africa. 88.9% of children in the age group 5-14 work in the agricultural sector, where tobacco estates are highly represented. The number o...
Because I am a Girl: Digital and Urban Frontiers 2010
Plan, 2010
What was the state of the world’s adolescent girls and young women in 2010? This report seeks to answer this question, looking especially at urban environments and the digital world. This phase ...
Children on the frontline: children and young people in Disaster Risk Reduction
D. Walden;N. Hall;A. Spalton / Plan, 2009
Children and young people are particularly vulnerable to disasters - one in every three survivors of the Indian Ocean Tsunami were women or children under the age of 15. However, research has ...
Learn without fear
N. Jones;J. Espey / Plan, 2008
This briefing paper seeks to raise awareness of the problem of sexual exploitation in and around schools in the West African region. It also highlights problems with regards to limited evidence and ex...
Count me in: the global campaign for universal birth registration
Plan, 2006
This interim campaign report for the period 2005-06 puts forward the case for PLAN's campaign for universal birth registration, presents an overview of the barriers and makes recommendations to overco...
Global guidelines and strategies for universal birth registration
N. Sharp / Plan, 2006
This document argues that there is an absence of clear and coordinated international leadership from the UN Statistical Office, which is the lead agency responsible for civil registration. Different s...
Suffering to succeed? Violence and abuse in schools in Togo
Plan, 2006
This booklet brings together the results of a research programme conducted on violence and abuse in schools in Togo. The publication describes the main forms of violence against children in schools: c...

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