📢Final Day of #CPD57 Plan International
delegation and we are still going strong! 1⃣ youth delegate delivered oral statement at CPD 2⃣ youth delegates led a fantastic session on young people & digital mis + disinformation. Time now for rest and recovery! 🙏

We’re proud @planglobal to join 40+ organizations around the world in speaking out to stress that young people’s SRHR are ESSENTIAL in building a better, brighter future. Read our joint statement: tinyurl.com/2ptwrka8 #YouthDecides SheDecides

Global support for young people’s #SRHR ! 🌏
40+ leaders including from Govts, #health & #genderequality orgs speak out in support of young people’s #SRHR as critical in achieving the #GlobalGoals . Read our joint statement: 👇tinyurl.com/2ptwrka8
#YouthDecides #SheDecides

📢Day 3 of #CPD57 Plan International delegation and youth delivered! A key intervention during a multi-stakeholder panel on the status of the implementation of the Programme of Action. Youth leaders are not future leaders but leaders of today. 👇

📢Day 2 of #CPD57 Plan International delegation and we 1⃣ hosted an intergenerational dialogue with gov'ts and adolescents on #SRHR with SheDecides AdolescentGirlsInvestmentPlan UN Girls' Education Initiative 2⃣ spoke at a joint CSO event with Center for Reproductive Rights on celebrating ICPD's Impact on Choice & Autonomy. Go team!

📢Day 1 of #CPD57 Plan International delegation. We are here for & with 1⃣1.3B adolescents 2⃣1.1M adolescents dying each year from preventable causes 3⃣200M girls & women alive today estimated to have been subjected to FGM/C 4⃣23M girls who have an unmet need for modern contraceptives

🔴EU International Partnerships 🇪🇺 #GlobalGateway High-Level Event on Education!

#ECW 's Yasmine Sherif, Janez Lenarčič, György Hölvényi, @KathleenSherwin & more take the stage to discuss the critical role of education in advancing equity & inclusion.

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Important point by Kathleen Sherwin from Plan International. The importance of having CSOs, youth, students, women's rights groups etc at the table and actually being listened to cannot be overstated 💪

📢Grateful to join with Plan International #GlobalGateway High Level Panel on 'Equity and Inclusion in and thru Education' alongside AU Youth Envoy Chido Mpemba Yasmine Sherif Catherine Russell Janez Lenarčič. Gender Transformative Education is essential in bridging the gender equality gaps in edu!

'It is essential that we invest in multistakeholder approaches and pool resources together as civil society organisations, governments and the donor community for inclusive quality education that bridges the gender equality gaps' Kathleen Sherwin #GlobalGateway

Thrilled for Plan International Plan International EU to be part of the EU Gateway High-Level Education Event tomorrow in Brussels. Join me for our panel at 2:30pm alongside fellow partners AU Youth Envoy Chido Mpemba Yasmine Sherif Catherine Russell Janez Lenarčič Read more here: 👉bit.ly/3PSJ7Hp

So proud of Plan International 's Global Fundraising Hub who lead the 2024 Global Digital Fundraising Summit, co-hosted by GNO representing 20+ National Orgs and their learnings. 🙏 for including me in your opening session as we discussed important digital trends for Plan's future.

Moment of joy, spending time with 2⃣ fellow mentors, friends & champions for #adolescent girls. 🙏for your support of AdolescentGirlsInvestmentPlan and Plan International the amazing UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem /she/her/ella/ and former UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka. #ICPD30 and beyond!

📢Please join us today AdolescentGirlsInvestmentPlan for a webinar to launch our latest research on 'Resourcing Girls Directly!' - hosted by fellow Co-Chair Joy Zawadi of Akili Dada 👇

#ResourcingGirlsDirectly : What does the current funding landscape for girl- & youth-led organisations look like?

On 4 April at 14:00 GMT we launch & explore the latest research by AdolescentGirlsInvestmentPlan, Plan International & GAGE programme!

Join us: tinyurl.com/47emrcy5 #GirlsOnTheAgenda

📢Young people are not leaders of tomorrow but of TODAY! So honored that Plan International Plan UN New York She Leads Advocacy Network Plan International USA helped to support meaningful and systematic youth engagement at #CSW68 . Hear from youth leaders directly here 👇

📢Day 5 #CSW68 & Plan International and we certainly saw #adolescent girls on the agenda & at the table! 1⃣ AdolescentGirlsInvestmentPlan convening member states & adolescent youth leaders 2⃣ UNFPA supporting adolescents in key political processes 3⃣ Plan International Togo + girls on economic resilience

📢Day 4 #CSW68 & Plan International and today's theme was Member State engagement on the text negotiations: adolescents must be centered! 1⃣ Plan International Norge 2⃣ Plan International USA 3⃣ Plan MEESA 4⃣ Plan International Malawi 5⃣ + Netherlands, Sweden, Chile, Colombia, EU. Youth-centered advocacy with Plan UN New York 📢

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📢Ending child marriage is crucial for #GenderEquality !
We won't get there unless we work collectively & invest in #education , #SRHR , girls' leadership & adequate #laws .

Our #CSW68 event with Plan International & Malawi Government🇲🇼, Global Affairs Canada, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, & Sida emphasised this.

At the #CSW68 event on ending child marriage, Kathleen Sherwin talks about how it is essential that our work is rooted in gender equality, rooted in education, and rooted in addressing harmful gender norms. Girls Not Brides Plan International