The Country Director of the NGO in Nigeria, Charles Usie, said this during the Global Strategy Launch 2022-2027 with the theme “Girls Standing Strong to Make Global Change” on Monday in Abuja.
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He said the 15 million will be part of the global target of 200 million that the organisation hopes to reach in the next five years.
Usie said the new strategy would bring a new focus to girls and young people in meaningful ways in building strength to tackle the issues that young people face, particularly young girls.
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He said the strategy would help to articulate what would be done for young girls in the area of education, health care, livelihoods, protection, and water sanitation, among others.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of PLAN International, Stephen Omollo, said the organisation has voted $1 billion on the global strategy targeted at 200 million girls to solve problems affecting children’s rights.
Omollo said societies thrive when girls learn, noting that a tremendous impact would be seen if attention was given to the girl-child rights in the area of education and health.
He said the essence of the programme was to ensure that girls have access to quality education, sexual reproductive health and rights.