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In Cambodia, 15-year-old Sopheak is proving what happens when girls get the tools to speak up 📢 Through a youth club supported by Plan International, she’s gone from shy and quiet to a confident leader teaching her peers about menstrual health, contraception and the risks of child marriage. ✨ Knowledge saves futures & changes communities. 💙 Your donation makes it possible.

💬”The change I want to see is girls owning themselves, not someone else owning them” In Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, young women are using their voices, creativity and power to stand up against child marriage, and to protect the next generation of girls. 💙 With the support of Plan International, Chantalle, Sisasenkosi, Chidadiso and Lindiwe are challenging harmful norms and inspiring their communities to protect girls’ rights. ✨ Support girl-led change. Help us end child marriage.

Child, early and forced marriage is fuelled by gender inequality, poverty and harmful social norms. But change is happening! 💪 Last year, Plan International worked across 22 countries, supporting 40+ projects that engaged more than 50,000 young people, 5,000 community members, and reached over 1 million people through awareness activities that challenge the norms putting girls at risk. ✨ And the impact is real: from 12,000 communities in Sudan abandoning harmful practices, to girls and boys in Bangladesh taking the lead in local child marriage prevention committees, protecting their peers and transforming their communities. 💙 Every girl deserves the chance to choose her own future. Support our work and help #EndChildMarriage!

650 million women and girls alive today were married before turning 18. Despite global commitments, 12 million girls are still forced into marriage each year. At this pace, it would take 300 years to end child marriage. 💙Plan International Switzerland is committed to ending this. With your support, we can make it happen faster! #EndChildMarriage #GirlsNotBrides #GirlsRights #ChildMarriage #GenderEquality #PlanInternational

12 million girls are still forced into marriage every year, and millions more have already lost their childhood. Norms, poverty, inequality, crises, and lack of opportunities put them at risk. Plan International is committed to ending child marriage. Here are 5 ways: 1️⃣ Challenge harmful beliefs that push girls into early marriage. 2️⃣ Support married girls to learn about their rights and build their futures. 3️⃣ Focus on the most vulnerable girls in conflict zones, climate disasters, and extreme poverty. 4️⃣ Create strong laws that prevent child marriage and provide justice for married girls. 5️⃣ Elevate and fund girl leaders already fighting child marriage in their communities. Every girl deserves the chance to dream, learn, and choose her own future 💙 Support girls’ rights & join our movement to end child marriage! #EndChildMarriage #GirlsNotBrides #GirlsRights #ChildMarriage #GenderEquality #PlanInternational

💔 1 in 5 girls worldwide is forced to marry as a child. Today, that’s 650 million women and girls living with the consequences. Despite global commitments, 12 million girls are still forced into marriage every year. 💪 Plan International Switzerland is committed to ending this. With your support, we can make it happen faster! 💙 Donate now and help us #EndChildMarriage! Every contribution helps girls stay in school, claim their rights, and choose their own future.