Zoe International Travel and Tours

09/01/2013

An initiative to provide leadership training to girls, empowering them to become the next generation of global trailblazers.

10/09/2012

In ontwikkelingslanden trouwt één op de drie meisjes voordat ze 18 jaar oud is. Eén op de zeven zelfs voordat ze 15 jaar oud is! Dat moet stoppen! Plan strijd hiertegen in landen als Niger, Mali, en Bangladesh, waar het percentage van kindhuwelijken nog hoger ligt. Meisjes moeten naar school kunnen gaan!

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Meisjes in school trouwen op latere leeftijd. Dat is een van de manier waarop Plan Nederland strijdt tegen kindhuwelijken! Strijd mee op on.fb.me/O3AMst

07/09/2012

How can empowerment promote equality? Ask the experts questions on empowerment via DESA’s online forum here http://bit.ly/EmpowermentForum open until 7 September or via Twitter using .

To get all the details on empowerment: http://bit.ly/EmpoweringPeople

20/05/2012

12/05/2012

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05/05/2012

“Now we don’t need to go into the bush to cut down trees, which we have to dry for days before using for baking,” says Edith Anumah, a rural woman from the Volta region of Ghana. “The gas provides us with very fast heat for baking a lot more bread than the firewood, and we don’t have to battle with ...

03/05/2012

A young woman has her child "marriage" legally annulled in northern Rajasthan state, in what is thought to be the first case of its kind in India.

02/05/2012

(Yangon, 1 May 2012) – Speaking to more than 200 participants at a ceremony in Yangon, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon chaired the launch of the UN Global Compact in Myanmar today, underscoring heightened interest in corporate responsibility as the country is going through a process of political an...

25/04/2012

Twelve year old boy Oli is making a big difference to families living in poverty in Bangladesh – and the country’s future – as part of a children’s group aiming to stop early and forced marriage.

23/04/2012

Executive Director Michelle Bachelet encourages Asian countries to foster gender equality in politics Written by gauri Ms. Anne Stenhammer, Regional Programme Director, UN Women South Asia, speaking at the conference. Photo Credit: UNDP Mongolia Ulaanbaatar/New Delhi, 4 April ...

19/04/2012

Here's a little update about our friend Nishat Majumder, the Bangladeshi woman who is scaling Mouth Everest flying the flag of Plan's Because I am a Girl campaign.

You'll be pleased to know that Nishat and her climbing partner, MA Mohit, reached the Everest Base Camp in Nepal on Sunday and they are both doing fine preparing for the next phase of the climb. They say the weather is looking good and they're super excited about the challenge that lies ahead.

Go Nishat go!

17/04/2012

“Maternal health” refers to the time from conception (when a woman’s egg is fertilized) until 42 days after the baby is born. Most maternal deaths happen in the 42 days after giving birth, usually as a result of bleeding.