Reena Ghelani

In an era of aid cuts, kids and caretakers are clear about what to save Education could be drastically cut in 2026 response plans. But caregivers and kids say it’s their top priority.

“If we truly listened to what children and their caregivers consistently tell us, then education would be front and centre.”

Education in emergencies is not a luxury—it is life-saving.

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Ethiopia's Amhara conflict: The forgotten war destroying women's lives Thousands of women have been raped in Ethiopia’s Amhara conflict, BBC Global Women finds.

(2/2) It's not just a byproduct of war but a deliberate tactic. Globally, this violence leaves lasting physical and psychological scars, disrupting education and perpetuating cycles of trauma. No woman or girl should ever face this type of violence: www.bbc.com/news/article...

(1/2) A recent @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social investigation reveals thousands of reported rapes since July 2023, with 45% of victims being children under 18. These numbers represent only a fraction of the reality.

Sexual violence anywhere destroys lives, families, and communities.

SAGE wins award for girls' inclusive education pathway CBM's SAGE project has won a Times Higher Education Award for inclusive education that's supporting Zimbabwe's most marginalised girls.

(2/2) SAGE has empowered over 22,000 out-of-school girls and young women to re-enter education or transition to jobs and entrepreneurship. These scalable programs offer impactful solutions to global challenges, paving the way for even greater change: www.cbmuk.org.uk/news-and-blo...

(1/2) The team from @planglobal.bsky.social and @openuniversity.bsky.social has won the Times Higher Education International Collaboration Award for the SAGE program.

🌍 Youth Leadership Is Redefining Climate Action at COP30 🌍 “They need us” — is a direct call to negotiators and leaders worldwide at COP30 and beyond from Brazil’s Youth Climate Champion, Marcele Oliveira. Youth are not symbolic participants; they are rights-...

I am deeply inspired by the leadership, clarity, and determination of young people at #COP30 who are pushing the world toward a more just and sustainable future. Their voices are not just contributing to the #climate agenda — they are reshaping it. www.linkedin.com/pulse/youth-...

(2/2) Action is needed now: an immediate ceasefire, humanitarian access to deliver life saving aid and protection and increased funding.

(1/2) All eyes must remain on #Sudan. Reports of systemic mass killings of civilians, many of them children, girls and women are horrific. The people in El Fasher have been under siege for 500 days, cut off from basic needs.

At COP30 the health and rights of girls, women, and gender-diverse people must be recognized as central to effective climate action.

🌎 See you at #COP30?

We will be there:

✅ Advancing climate justice narratives
✅ Analyzing where gender gaps persist in COP conversations & how #WD2026 can help fill them

🗓️10-21 Nov 2025
📍 Belém, Brazil

🔗 This is how we are going to be engaging: womendeliver.org/publications...

Emergency response launched after twin typhoons hit Philippines - Plan International A second powerful typhoon has struck the Philippines in less than a week, forcing thousands of people from their homes and compounding the devastation left by an earlier storm.

(2/2) Our emergency teams are on the ground providing clean water, hygiene supplies, and creating safe spaces for young people. Events like this highlight the devastation of the climate crisis, and the unique impacts that girls and women face.
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Emergency response launched after twin typhoons hit Philippines - Plan International A second powerful typhoon has struck the Philippines in less than a week, forcing thousands of people from their homes and compounding the devastation left by an earlier storm.

(1/2) A second powerful typhoon has struck the Philippines in less than a week, forcing thousands from their homes. With communities already reeling from Typhoon Kalmaegi, Super Typhoon Fung-Wong has unleashed catastrophic winds and flooding.

In Sudan, war is being waged on women and children Girls are raped, boys are forced to fight and families go hungry, but the world looks away.

(2/2) Read more about the devastation in Sudan, and the Sudanese Women's organizations who are leading the response: www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
@aljazeera.com

(1/2) “I cannot go back, they will know by my skin colour which tribe I am from, and they will kill me.” These are the heartbreaking words I heard from one displaced person on my recent visit to Sudan. Sexual violence is rampant, and over 30 million people need urgent assistance.

Doha hosts UN social summit as calls grow for action on equality Doha is hosting the Second World Summit for Social Development this week with world leaders, experts and youth meeting to tackle poverty, inequality and the future of work.

We cannot achieve social progress without investing in girls and women. This week at the #WorldSocialSummit leaders are seeing that when half the population is empowered, economies grow, families move out of poverty and communities thrive. #WSSD2 www.euronews.com/2025/11/04/d...

Sudan’s war on women and girls - the world cannot look away | Context by TRF As I walked among Sudan's displaced people, I was struck by how invisible this crisis has become. But we must pay attention

In Sudan and beyond, women and girls are paying the highest price of war. Use of sexual violence in crisis has increased by 25%, according the United Nations. The world cannot look away. Read my full piece in @contextnewsroom.bsky.social: www.context.news/money-power-...

(3/3) Safe passage is needed for those who want to leave El Fasher and for those who remain. The brutality against civilians must end. #ElFasher #SudanCrisis

(2/3) Thousands remain in El Fasher, fearing death if they flee, and fearing death if they stay. The systematic targeting and killings of civilians and humanitarian responders in Sudan has led to impossible choices.

(1/3) "A lot of [people] are arriving injured, with gunshot wounds and exhausted from carrying their loved ones for days. It’s been hardest for women, children and people with disabilities." - Plan International Sudan staff #Sudan

Women in Gaza: What they need now as the ceasefire holds | UN Women – Headquarters Two years of relentless bombardment have devastated the lives, families, homes, and livelihoods of over one million women and girls in Gaza. Before the ceasefire, two women and girls were killed every...

(3/3) All of the #humanitarian community is working together to get aid in, but it is a drop in the ocean compared to what is needed, and more supplies must be allowed in. www.unwomen.org/en/articles/...

(2/3) Despite the ongoing fighting, @planglobal.bsky.social has been able to send vital food support to vulnerable communities across the region, with food baskets feeding 192,000 people this month.

(1/3) News this morning of 104 people killed in #Gaza, 34 of which were children. This violence especially impacts women and girls. The ceasefire must resume, and humanitarian aid must be allowed to enter without restriction.

Demanding urgent aid and access to civilians trapped in El Fasher - Plan International Armed actors need to protect all civilians trapped in the city by guaranteeing access to humanitarian aid and their safe passage.

(3/3) But the window to reach them is rapidly closing. Humanitarian access must be safe and unhindered, and an immediate ceasefire in El Fasher, across Darfur, and throughout Sudan is urgently needed to save lives. plan-international.org/news/2025/10...

(2/3) @planglobal.bsky.social is scaling up our response to deliver food, emergency supplies and mental health support to people who have been forced to flee, including women and children, who face the greatest risk and the least protection.

(1/3) Conflict in El Fasher is escalating at an alarming rate. Families are being displaced, food is running out, and civilians are suffering amid intensifying violence with reports of torture and sexual assaults on the rise.

(2/2) While millions across #Sudan face unimaginable hardships, these conversations reminded me why centering girls' voices in humanitarian response is not optional. Sudan's crisis demands our attention and action. The future these young women envision deserves nothing less.

(1/2) During my visit to Kassala with Plan International Sudan, I sat with young women and girls and asked them their priority, what they wanted most once stability returns, and their answer was: "تعليم" (ta'lim) – education. #Eduction #Humanitarian

(2/2) ... under the coordination of the Egyptian National Alliance. This is a critical lifeline for children and families, but we must continue to scale up our response given how vast the needs are.

(1/2) 47,000 life-saving food parcels are packed and ready - but the crisis in #Gaza is far from over. Plan International Egypt, together with trusted partners, is sending 53 trucks carrying 47,000 food parcels into Gaza over the next week ...

How Can We End Child Marriage for Good? | Opinion Despite child marriage now being illegal in most countries, the practice remains widespread.

Plan International CEO @rghelani.bsky.social in @newsweek.com: The persistence of child marriage threatens to reverse decades of progress for girls. This #DayOfTheGirl, join our movement to ensure girls can be children, not wives. #EndChildMarriage www.newsweek.com/how-can-we-e...

End Child Marriage - Plan International Stand with girls to dismantle the harmful norms that force them into child marriages and deny them their childhood.

12 million girls are married before their 18th birthday every year. This #IDG2025 we’re amplifying girls voices to help #EndChildMarriage. Without immediate action, 150 million more girls could be forced into marriage by 2030. Read more: plan-international.org/campaigns/en...