A movement for every girl whoās been told ānoā
Because I Am a Girl is for people who believe every girl should be able to shape her own future.
Ensuring girls are safe during disasters, online and in everyday life.
Ensuring girls receive uninterrupted education.
Ensuring girls become agents of lasting change.
Our impact in 2025
About Because I Am a Girl
For millions of girls, ābecause 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.
Why it matters
Because I Am a Girl is a global movement for girlsā 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 arenāt waiting on the sidelines. They are learning, leading and creating the futures they want.
Today, girlsā 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 whatās possible for girls tomorrow.
Behind the movement
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 adolescentsā views and experiences with gender and equality.
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