Response to Policy Address— Mandatory reporting on suspected child abuse requires a complementary child safeguarding system
The Chief Executive delivered the 2021 Policy Address today (6 October) and suggested an introduction of mandatory reporting mechanism on child abuse cases in Hong Kong and creating the post of Commissioner for Children to help the Labour and Welfare Bureau in taking forward child protection work. Plan International Hong Kong welcomes the initiative by... Read More
She Would be Married in A Moment: Help Indian Girls Get Rid of Child Marriage NOW!
Do you know one of the countries with the highest child marriage rate is just nearby? Child marriage is happening right here and right now! According to the United Nations, over 1.5 million underage girls were forced to get married in India every year. Among all girls aged 15 to 19 in the country, 16%... Read More
September 2021【She Would be Married in A Moment: Help Indian Girls Get Rid of Child Marriage NOW!】
Do you know one of the countries with the highest child marriage rate is just nearby? Child marriage is happening right here and right now! According to the United Nations, over 1.5 million underage girls were forced to get married in India every year. Among all girls aged 15 to 19 in the country, 16%... Read More
Plan International Hong Kong launched the first Child Safeguarding Policy Research in education sector
Plan International Hong Kong launched the first Child Safeguarding Policy Research in education sector More than 20% of children had been harmed or abused in education institutions with low help seeking awareness Every 1 in 10 children had been physically punished Recently, serious child abuse cases have sparked heated discussions in Hong Kong on how... Read More
Work-at-home Mum Published Storybooks to Promote Child Safeguarding
As a long-term sponsor of Plan International, Michelle Leung, the founder of ReadingMile is also a successful businesswoman and a powerful mother of two kids. Eight years ago, an incident happened between her daughter, her son and the domestic helper not only hurt the children, but also triggered Michelle to promote child safeguarding by creating... Read More
Apply to Girls Takeover 2021 to work with the senior management of Credit Suisse!
What is Girls Takeover? Since 2016, Plan International has organised more than 5,200 Girls Takeover campaigns globally. Stereotypes hold girls back in how they see themselves, how they are treated and the opportunities they have throughout their lives. By occupying spaces and places where they are rarely seen or heard in, girls and young women... Read More
August 2021【Girls’ Empowerment Makes One of the Most Spectacular Olympics at All Times】
The astonishing results that Hong Kong athletes got in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games earlier have marked the history of Hong Kong. We not only felt thrilled with the number of medals we have got but also excited about a huge step forward for gender equality on the sports ground when we looked at the... Read More
【Emergency】 Acute Food Crisis in Africa Puts 41 Million Lives on the Verge of Death
There was a silver lining in the hunger crisis in Africa before but climate change, pandemic and political instability have shattered all the progress we made, dragging 41 million people to the brink of famine and our help is urgently needed. Statistics from the United Nations show 928 million people were severely food insecure... Read More