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A movement for every girl who’s been told ā€œnoā€

Because I Am a Girl is for people who believe every girl should be able to shape her own future.

SAFETY
Safety

Ensuring girls are safe during disasters, online and in everyday life.

Eductaion
Education

Ensuring girls receive uninterrupted education.

Future
Future

Ensuring girls become agents of lasting change.

Our focus

Our solutions are designed for and by girls for greater impact.

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About Because I Am a Girl

For millions of girls, ā€œbecause I am a girlā€ is still used to explain why a door closes: why she leaves school. Why she is married off at 14. Why she is denied a choice. Why her future is decided for her.

Those five words should be the reason girls are succeeding.Ā We are taking that sentence back. Together we are changing the answer.

Because I Am a Girl is a global movement for girls’ safety, education and ability to shape their own futures. Around the world, this progress is being challenged and rolled back simply because they were born a girl. But girls aren’t waiting on the sidelines. They are learning, leading and creating the futures they want.

Today, girls’ safety includes both physical and online spaces. Girls need to be safe in order gain a quality education. And, education opens pathways to leadership and choosing their own futures. Girls need our support not just to protect hard-won gains, but to carry them forward. Together, we can shape what’s possible for girls tomorrow.

Because I Am a Girl is powered by Plan International, a leading international development and humanitarian nonprofit. For more than 85 years, Plan International has partnered with children, especially girls, in the toughest of places. We tackle the root causes of the inequalities and challenges that girls face through long-term development and in emergencies across more than 80 countries.

Listening to U.S. adolescents on gender & equality

In 2026, we conducted a nation-wide research project to understand adolescents’ views and experiences with gender and equality.