When was because i am a girl founded

Plan Canada states that it engaged 14, Canadian youth in its programs during the year. Plan Canada's 20 Million Reasons Campaign aims to improve the lives of 20 million children by By training healthcare workers and funding newborn health clinics in Rukwa, Tanzania, the campaign helped more than 53, pregnant women and saved premature babies.

Plan Canada has also launched a mobile app in Bangladesh with campaign funds. The app helps marriage officials confirm the true age of a bride and groom, compared to reported ages. Plan Canada reports that its app stopped more than 3, underage marriages during its 6-month pilot period. Plan Canada states that it has found significant improvements in maternal and child health, based on program results measured in five countries over one year.

Charity Intelligence has given Plan Canada a Fair impact rating based on demonstrated impact per dollar spent. For every dollar donated, 62 cents go to the cause. Plan Canada was previously within the reasonable range in F Plan Canada used external fundraisers in F Charity Intelligence has sent this update to Plan Canada for review.

Changes and edits may be forthcoming. To report on a cash basis, Ci adjusted international program costs by changes in amounts payable to Plan International, Inc.

Ci removed donated goods used in programs from international program costs to report them separately. Ci removed amortization of capital and intangible assets on a pro-rata basis from Canadian program, administrative, and fundraising costs.

The following comments were made by Plan Canada in the year Updated comments may be forthcoming. Plan International Canada Inc. Plan Canada is a not-for-profit corporation, federally incorporated without share capital and granted status as a registered charity under the Income Tax Act Canada , and continued under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act on September 18, Plan is a global movement for change, mobilizing millions of people around the world to support social justice for children in developing countries.

Not-for-profit, independent and inclusive of all faiths and cultures, Plan has only one agenda: to improve the lives of children. Worldwide, Plan is a global federation made up of different legal entities operating in many countries around the world under the Plan name and brand.

Through her experience in hybrid self-distribution of her own films she has become a sought-after expert in alternative pathways to audience and activating measurable impact. Host a virtual screening. Watch on Kanopy. They are girls. Being born a girl means you are more likely to be subjected to violence, disease, poverty and disadvantage than any other group on Earth.

In I AM A GIRL, we meet year-old Kimsey from Cambodia, forced to sell her virginity at 12; Aziza from Afghanistan, who will be shot if she goes to school; Breani, a teen living in a ghetto of NYC and dreaming of stardom; Katie from Australia, who is recovering from a suicide attempt; Habiba from Cameroon, betrothed to a man 20 years her senior; and Manu from Papua New Guinea, about to become a mother at 14 following her first sexual encounter.

As they come of age in the way their culture dictates, we see remarkable heart-warming stories of resilience, bravery and humor. I AM A GIRL provides practical and ready-to-use resources for educators to address human rights and social justice issues affecting girls in the classroom. This is a film about the things that unite us. This multidimensional series provides a critical cross-cultural perspective into the lives of young women, the concerns they share and the difficult decisions they face as they transition into adulthood.

Troop Their mothers may be convicted thieves, murderers and drug dealers, but the girls of Troop want to be doctors, social workers and marine biologists. With meetings once a month at Hilltop Prison in Gatesville, Texas, this innovative Girl Scout program brings daughters together with their inmate mothers, offering them a chance to rebuild their broken relationships.

Intimately involved with the troop for several years, the directors took their cameras far beyond meetings to explore the painful context of broken families. Powerful insight comes from interviews shot by the girls themselves, which reveal their conflicted feelings of anger and joy, abandonment and intimacy—as well as the deep influence their mothers still have on them. An estimated 1. Their daughters are six times more likely to land in the juvenile justice system.

In that period, it had:. Our work to influence the Global Goals began in We wanted to make sure the issues faced by the girls were properly addressed, including their right to an education. When the goals were signed in , we supported 15 girls to go to the United Nations and call on leaders to hold to their promise to ensure quality education for all children. We are working with partners to influence governments to localise the Global Goals and meet the needs and rights of girls.

International Day of the Girl saw the first global GirlsTakeover. Girls stepped into the shoes of leaders in more than 50 countries to call on their governments to remove the barriers that deny millions their rights and stop girls going to school.

The President of Nepal was taken over along with the Vice President of Paraguay as well as Mayors in Madrid and Dublin, and the heads of media outlets and major corporations across the world.

Throughout the Because I am a Girl campaign, we have been working to end child marriage and as a result of our influencing work with partners, the first ever resolutions on child marriage were adopted by the United Nations Human Rights Council and the General Assembly in Later in the campaign our work helped to raise the legal age of marriage for girls to 18 in Zimbabwe, Malawi, Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador.

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.