Reports and Publications

State of the World’s Girls 2024

This year’s State of the World’s Girls Report focuses on the experiences
of young people whose lives are dominated by conflict.

State of the World’s Girls 2023

The 2023 State of the World’s Girls report is focused on girls’ and young women’s activism.

Equal Power Now – Plan International

In the 2022 State of the World’s Girls report, hear from 29,000 girls and young women from 29 countries as they navigate the political landscape.

The Truth Gap

Misinformation and disinformation online is a human rights issue: affecting girls’ rights to participation, to education and to freedom of expression. As girls and young women struggle to disentangle truth from fiction, facts from propaganda, their trust in all sources of information — governments, academics, journalists, community leaders— is undermined.

Free to Be Online

This year’s Plan International’s annual State of the World’s Girls report is based on research conducted across 31 countries with over 14,000 girls and young women. It aims at uncovering and understanding girls’ and young women’s experiences of being online on social media platforms.

Rewrite Her Story: How film and media stereotypes affect the lives and leadership ambitions of girls and young women

Plan International first published The State of the World’s Girls Report in 2007. The 2019 report on girls’ representation in the media is the second in a new series that each year will examine the behaviours, attitudes and beliefs that limit girls’ freedom and opportunities in specific environments or sectors.

Unsafe in the City: The Everyday Experiences of Girls and Young Women

Unsafe in the City is the first in a new series of the State of the World’s Girls reports from Plan International. It presents a worrying rise in intimidation and insecurity which is stopping girls from realising their true potential in our urban spaces.