Response to Policy Address 2022 – The Integration of Mandatory Reporting with Child Safeguarding Mechanism
Plan International Hong Kong is pleased to know that the Chief Executive has proposed to legislate mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse cases in Policy Address 2022. However, to motivate child-related workers to fulfill their child safeguarding responsibilities, apart from formulating a mandatory reporting mechanism, it is also imperative to enhance local’s Child Safeguarding standards... Read More
“Donate a Pencil” Campaign 2022 – Writing a Bright Future with Children
Amid the haze of the COVID-19 pandemic, our world has been deeply affected by other crises – the Ukraine crisis, African hunger crisis, floods, droughts, and the Monkeypox outbreak – bringing unprecedented learning challenges to children in developing countries. These crises have made them impossible to attend face-to-face classes, or continue to study through e-learning... Read More
Two University Girls Joined Plan International’s ‘Girls Takeover’, Took Over The Senior Management Roles And Met Up With The Representatives From The EU To Advocate For Gender Equality In The Workplace
To celebrate the International Day of the Girl Child on 11 October, Plan International has organised more than 5,200 Girls Takeover campaigns globally since 2016. By occupying spaces where young girls are rarely seen or heard, they demand actions and solutions to ensure all girls can learn, lead, decide and thrive. In Hong Kong, the... Read More
A review of progress on the 10th anniversary of the International Day of the Girl: More than 10 million girls are at risk of child marriage under COVID-19, with a struggle to eliminate child marriage by 2030.
The United Nations declared October 11 as the International Day of the Girl Child in 2012 to increase awareness of gender inequality faced by girls worldwide based upon their gender, including areas such as access to education, violence against women and forced child marriage etc. Plan International, one of the world’s leading organisations that strives... Read More
Surging Child Marriage under the COVID-19 Pandemic Countless Girls in Bangladesh Are in Despair
By Plan International (Hong Kong) CEO, Dr.Kanie Siu At the age of 16, the best year of our lives, we are figuring out who we want to be in the future. In Bangladesh, one of the countries with the highest child marriage rate, the lives of two 16-year-old girls are totally different. One girl has... Read More
A Far Cry from Blessed Marriage Becoming a Child Bride at 11 years old and Hopeless Future ahead
Getting married to loved ones would always be the best moment of a woman’s life. However, for girls living in developing countries like Bangladesh, putting on a wedding dress does not mean happiness but bidding farewell to their childhood and school life. After the wedding, the child brides’ daily lives will be filled only with... Read More
An Unusual Teacher: Rewrites Her Life Story with One Arm
In the biopic film Hichki, Naina, an Indian girl with Tourette syndrome, attained her goal to be a teacher despite her non-stop tics, hiccups, and the disapprovals from the people around her. In a nearby country, Cambodia, there is also a girl who was born with only one arm and dreams to be a teacher.... Read More
The First “Plan International Hong Kong Corporate and Foundation Appreciation Award Ceremony” Was Held Successfully. Together We Make Children’s And Girls’ Lives Fruitful And Shiny.
To show gratitude to our corporate and foundations’ long-term support and celebrate the sustainable partnership, the first “Plan International Hong Kong Corporate and Foundation Appreciation Award Ceremony” was successfully held on 19th August, 2022. We are pleased that representatives from 21 corporates and foundations attended the ceremony. Mr. Andrew Weir, our board chairman, Ms. June... Read More
Response to Suspected Child Abuse in Residential Home Operated by Po Leung Kuk – SWD Should Implement Precautionary Supervision to Encourage Child-related Institutions to Set up Child Safeguarding Policy
The suspected child abuse case was discovered when officials from Social Welfare Department (SWD) conducted regular inspection at a residential child care center run by Po Leung Kuk. One staff member was found to have mistreated 6 children. Po Leung Kuk said the case has been handed over to the police and the staff was... Read More
