Day of the Girl 2024
Everyday Plan supports girls living through crisis, protecting their rights, ensuring their safety, and celebrating their infinite potential. When they’re not held back, they are capable of extraordinary things.
This year for Day of the Girl, we asked Australians to join our movement and to help us take inequality out of the equation for girls everywhere, especially those living through conflict and crisis.
What is Day of the Girl?
Since its inception, International Day of the Girl has been synonymous with Plan International and represents everything that this organisation works so hard towards every day.
You’ve heard of International Women’s Day and you might also be aware that there’s an International Day of the Child. But in the past, both days have failed to recognise the unique challenges faced specifically by girls, simply because they are young and female.
12 years ago, Plan International recognised this gap and built support for a dedicated day to celebrate girls and their rights. As a result of Plan’s campaign, the United Nations officially designated October 11 as International Day of the Girl in 2012, and we have played a leading role on Day of the Girl ever since.
So how did we celebrate this year?
On October 11, we held our annual Giving Day!
Hosting a telethon in our office, our supporters and
generous Match Partners answered the call, exceeding our original target of $80,000, to raise an incredible $130,000
for girls in just 24 hours.
Thanks to the generosity of this community, we can help girls across the globe access an education, fight back against child marriage, and other forms of disadvantage – especially those girls trapped in conflict and crisis situations.
Your support will empower them to secure their right to safety and equality so they can reach for their dreams no matter the setbacks they face.
We'd like to express our gratitude to our Matched Fund partners for their vital contribution this year – David Collins, L’Oreal Paris, The Digital Picnic, Engage & Experience, The FIN Agency, Dataro, Precision, Patricia Faulkner AO and all of our Giving Day Champions.
Your support is helping to take child marriage out of the equation for girls like Rishu.
12 million girls under the age of 18 are married each year. At 13, Rishu refuses to be one of them.
I was afraid of getting married at a young age like my older sisters and friends. I didn't want to leave my family... and become just a thing for my husband.”
After joining a children's rights club run by Plan International at her school in Nepal, Rishu now feels empowered to stand up against child marriage in her community: "Being part of the children's club has taught me about my rights and opened my eyes to the reality of child marriage. I am determined to spread awareness and protect girls like me from this harmful practice."
Rishu's passion and commitment to peer education has inspired many other young people in her community to join the movement against child marriage. Through her efforts, she is making a positive impact, encouraging dialogue, challenging norms and working towards a future where every child, especially girls, can thrive and reach their full potential.
I want to create a world where every girl can dream without fear and reach for the stars."
We partnered with
Phoebe Tonkin x Stan
Wanna watch some stereotype smashing TV that champions girls in all their diversities?
This year for Day of the Girl, we partnered with streaming platform Stan, and brought our wonderful ambassador, the actor Phoebe Tonkin, together with 15 of Plan’s incredible youth activists in a fun and inspiring workshop to curate a stellar list of empowering, women-led films and series.
Our curated list will still be available for a couple more days, head to Stan.com.au to check it out!
Our social circle made some noise
Our ambassadors and friends took to social media with posts and stories, celebrating and raising awareness about Day of the Girl and Plan’s work.
We launched our latest State of the World's Girls Research
The State of the World Girls is a series of research reports released every year for International Day of the Girl.
This year’s report, Still We Dream, focuses on the wars and conflicts that are raging around the world. We’ve spoken to over 10,000 girls and boys from 10 countries, from Sudan to Lebanon, Ukraine to the Philippines.
Despite having their lives upended, the resilient young people we spoke to still have big dreams and ambitions for the future. They want support to return to school, and they still hope to become doctors, teachers, journalists, engineers and pilots.
We amplified the voices of girls around the world
Our animated series features the real stories and voices of girls Plan works with from around the globe.
Meet Kupa
Meet Nastya
Meet Lena
Meet Fatima*
Meet Mary*
It's not too late to be part of the movement!
While our annual Giving Day is over, you can still help support girls living through conflict and crisis by becoming a regular giver to our Children in Crisis Fund.
Watch and share our animated video series featuring girls from around the globe.
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