About the Campaign
Because I am a Girl is Plan’s campaign to fight gender inequality, promote girls' rights and lift millions of girls out of poverty.
Across the world, girls face the double discrimination of their gender and age, leaving them suffering at the bottom of the social ladder.
Girls are denied access to health services and education, and also face extremely high levels of violence, abuse, and harassment.
As part of the campaign, Plan is producing one report each year until 2015, the target year for the Millennium Development Goals.
Plan to participate at the 2009 Clinton Global Initiative
Plan is excited to be participating at the 2009 Clinton Global Initiative event being held September 22-25 in New York City. Plan USA President/CEO Ahuma Adodoadji will be participating in a special forum on “Investing in Girls and Women” as well as in the Girls Action Network and the CGI Exchange. Key to sharing Plan's experiences and work with girls will be discussing Plan’s 2009 State of the World’s Girls report, “Girls in the Global Economy: Adding It All Up,” as well as sharing Plan's commitment to empowering girls to reach their full potential. Read more about Plan’s participation at the 2009 CGI.
Read a detailed description of Plan’s Commitment to Action. 
Because I am a Girl: The state of the world's girls 2009
Girls in the Global Economy: Adding It All Up
The 2009 report focuses on the global economy and warns that failing to send girls to school is costing the world's poorest countries billions of pounds each year. 
Summary (1.08mb | 12 pages) Full report (7.09mb | 154 pages) 
Because I am a Girl: The state of the world's girls 2008
Special Focus: In the shadow of war
The 2008 report examines the state of girls in conflict situations around the world. Summary (900kb | 4 pages) Full report (5mb | 185 pages) 
Because I am a Girl: The state of the world's girls 2007
The first in a series of reports following 135 girls born in 2006 to see how their gender impacts on their lives. Summary Full report (4.1mb | 98 pages)