Because I Am a Girl

  • A Advocacy Campaign/Project

I Inactive

Key Information

The global campaign to transform girls’ lives through education, Because I am a Girl, ran from 2012 to 2018. Together with girls and our supporters we were able to raise hundreds of millions of euros, change laws in numerous countries and, most importantly, support millions of girls to get an education. Between 2007 and 2015, we released a series of annual reports focusing on girls and young women in the world. The State of the World’s Girls reports brought together leading thinkers, activists and policy makers to provide a wealth of data and the experiences of marginalised girls from around the world on the major issues facings them. The reports highlighted the double jeopardy girls face for being young and female and the concerted effort needed for real progress. In February 2018, $2.3 billion was pledged by donor governments to fund education in low-income countries between 2018 and 2020. This was an increase on the $1.3 billion pledged for the previous 3 years. In addition, developing countries increased their collective budget for education from $80 billion to $110 billion. This pledge took place following our #WeAreTheNext campaign in which girls called on their governments to increase education funding. The increased funding will support millions of girls to go to school and transform their futures. Plan International’s new global campaign is Girls Get Equal. This youth-led social change campaign is about ensuring every girl and young woman has power over her life and the world around her. Instead of focussing on a single issue, such as girls’ education, we are aiming to change the way girls are valued in society so they no longer have to face injustice and oppression. Girls Get Equal is about girls not holding back and conforming to what stereotypes dictate. It’s about power, leadership and youth-led action to advance girls’ rights and gender equality. And we’re raising our voices to amplify theirs.


Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

Global

Government Affiliation

Non-governmental program

Years

2012 - 2018

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation

Unknown

Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

Global / regional

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Other

  • Other

Cross-cutting areas

  • Gender equality
  • Social and gender norms and beliefs

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Girls (both in school and out of school), Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

Other

School Level

  • N/A

Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top

Other

  • Other activities to address/end violence (not captured above)
  • Other activities to end child marriage (not captured above)

Policy/legal environment

  • Advocating changes to existing laws/policies
  • Developing/promoting new laws/policies

Social/gender norms change

  • Media campaigns

Women's empowerment programs

  • Advocacy/action

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Increased school completion (general)
  • Increased school enrolment (general)

Cross-cutting goals

  • Changed social norms
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms
  • Reduced intimate partner violence
  • Reduced poverty/increase household well-being
  • Reduced school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV)
  • Reduced violence against children in the home