Girls and young women across the 🌎 must be free to use the internet safely and to have their voices heard. #GirlsinICTDay #GirlsInICT

Child marriage perpetuates poverty and gender inequality into the next generation, affecting families, communities and nations. Girls like 19-year-old Bertha from Plan International Malawi are lured into marriages by older men with promises of a better life but often find the opposite is true.

Happy Girls in ICT Day! 🎉🎉🎉
This year's theme is 'Leadership.' We are celebrating the amazing women in STEM and encouraging girls to be the future tech leaders! 💪🏽 #GirlsinICT

Child marriage is a child rights Violation and through the 18+ program, Plan International is working to end child marriage and teenage pregnancy. Plan International Malawi

#childmarriage #endchildmarriage #UntilWeAreAllEqual

Salome wants to see a future where sexual and reproductive health services are available to everyone, whatever their age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or marital status #FutureGirlsWant #ICPD30 .

Adolescents and young people have the right to make their own free and informed choices and to have control over their sexual and reproductive health and lives.
#GlobalYouthDialogue #ICPD 30
#CPD57 #ICPD #SRHR #FutureGirlsWant

This #ICPD 30 , we’re calling on governments to increase their commitments, actions and investments on adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health and rights. They must stand against any rollbacks on hard won progress and accelerate action to deliver on the #ICPD promise for girls.

Focus group with border police/security on the cases of human trafficking ( TIP). Quick takeaways in border districts, Mangochi
1. Lack of coordination of responses on TIP
2. Scanty data and lack of information
3. Inadequate checkpoints and zero patrols enabled by porous borders.

Cases of Child Trafficking are on the rise in most border districts in Malawi. This week, the Commission is conducting routine investigations in Mangochi with support from Plan International Malawi

We are thrilled to announce that the UN General Assembly has officially endorsed the establishment of an #InternationalDayofPlay ! 🎉
This milestone marks a significant step towards recognizing the importance of play in children's lives worldwide.
internationaldayofplay.org

We’re excited by the strengthened commitment by governments at #CSW68 to include adolescent girls in gender-responsive financing. Supporting the full, equal and meaningful participation of young women in decision-making processes is critical in addressing poverty.