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A Typology of Child Sponsorship Activity

Framing the debate over child sponsorship in terms of legitimacy and changing perceptions of credible international humanitarian interventions, this chapter takes exception to the tendency of child sponsorship critics to assume that sponsorship funded activity is much the same everywhere and similar today when compared to sponsorship practice in the past. Mindful of ongoing critique of child sponsorship, this chapter seeks to position those international non-governmental organisations that utilise child sponsorship to fund interventions, in a landscape of contested ideas. It argues that informed critique of child sponsorship is best achieved through a typology of funded interventions. Four key types of sponsorship funded activity are identified as emerging over time, some of which are currently deemed to be less legitimate in terms of poverty reduction and are best seen as welfare measures aimed at individual children rather than community development or advocacy activities

Bridging the Gender Gap: Tackling Women's Inequality

Launched at the Plan International Because I am a Girl campaign launch event in New York City held on October 11, 2012 (the inaugural UN International Day of the Girl Child), this publication explores the issue of gender equality - something that remains elusive in many parts of the world, but is vital for economic growth and development of society

It takes a village to raise a teacher: the Learning Assistant programme in Sierra Leone

This is a report on research funded by Plan International on the impact of Learning Assistant (LA) component of Girls Education Challenge Sierra Leone. The LA programme has enabled nearly 500 young women to train as teachers in remote rural areas where schools are understaffed and there are few female teachers. The LA programme provides a pathway to teaching through guided distance study and in-school work experience. This research examines empowering and constraining factors of the LA programme. The research draws on interviews in two rural locations with 18 participants: Learning Assistants themselves, and those who work alongside and support them: headteachers, class teachers, subject tutors, community leaders, family members and programme staff

Penerapan Risk Based Internal Auditing: Studi Kasus pada Plan International Indonesia

The purposes of this research is to assess risk maturity of Plan International Indonesia to determine whether Plan  International Indonesia could implement the Risk Based Internal Auditing (RBIA) approach. Methodology which is used is descriptive methodology with qualitative approach. The Institute of Internal Auditors (2014)  suggests the factors that can be taken into account when doing the assessment of risk maturity, and these factors are used for doing the assessment on this research. The result of this research shows the risk maturity of Plan International Indonesia is risk managed stage which mean Plan International Indonesia is ready to implement the RBIA approach. Risk managed also has the meaning that risk register of Plan International Indonesia can be used as the base for the audit planning in this approach. The audit strategy that will be used are management view of risk drives audit plan, assurance being given for the risk management and mitigation, and consulting service to improve risk management. Audit internal team needs to improve their capacity before implementation of this approach and also communication and socialization must be done to entire organization

Plan International and Its Contribution to the Global Civil Society

While the Global Civil Society is considered as mostly an idealistic notion, the international non-governmental organization called The PLAN International makes effective contributions to the fight for security of children’s in particular girls’ rights and equality through “Because I am a Girl” campaign and achieve successful changes through mutually beneficial partnership with the UN Women. The eagerness to observe the notion of global civil society in action made me look in depth of the hard work that has been done and is going nowadays by one of international non-governmental organizations called PLAN International. The PLAN International promote the faith in the youngsters and focus on rights for protection, health and education. Its beneficial contribution through active participation in civil society prosperity and campaigns for change, such as “Because I am a Girl” not only constructed its authority on the international arena but makes us construct a better governance and grow a stronger society overall

Moving forward: findings from menstrual hygiene management formative research in Bangladesh

Menstruation is a fact of life for 2 billion women and girls of reproductive age and yet in many places girls face serious barriers to managing their periods. These barriers impact on their rights to education, health, dignity and participation in society. Plan International is implementing menstrual hygiene management activities in 12 countries across Africa and Asia. In 2016, Plan International contracted Oral Testimony Works and Creative Social Change to conduct formative research in Bangladesh on menstrual hygiene management, using human centred design and other participatory methods. This paper presents some of the primary participatory research findings: on practice, motivators and barriers to managing menstruation safely, privately and hygienically. The paper also includes some of the programme recommendations and suggested approaches for Plan International to use in the re-design and implementation of current and future menstrual hygiene management work in Bangladesh

‘It was always the plan’ : international study as ‘learning to migrate’

International student mobility has mainly been theorised in terms of cultural capital accumulation and its prospective benefits on returning home following graduation. Yet, despite a growing body of work in this area, most research on post-study mobility fails to recognise that the social forces that generate international student mobility also contribute to lifetime mobility plans. Moreover, these forces produce at least four types of post-study destination, of which returning ‘home’ is only one option. Our findings challenge the idea that a circular trajectory is necessarily the ‘desired’ norm. In line with wider migration theory, we suggest that return may even be seen as failure. Instead we advance the idea that cultural and social capital acquired through international studies is cultivated for onward mobility and may be specifically channelled towards goals such as an international career. We contribute a geographically nuanced conceptual frame for understanding the relation between international student mobility and lifetime mobility aspirations. By building on studies that highlight the role of family and social networks in international student mobility, we illustrate how influential familial and social institutions – both in the place of origin and newly encountered abroad – underpin and complicate students’ motivations, mobility aspirations and life planning pre- and post-study. We argue for a fluidity of life plans and conclude by discussing how geographies of origin matter within students’ lifetime mobility plans.PostprintPeer reviewe