• 62 million girls are missing an education.
• Over 1 billion girls and women are living on less than a dollar a day.
• 450 million women suffer from stunted growth as a result of being poorly fed in childhood.

Plan wants to change this but we need your help. That's why marieclaire.co.uk is urging you to sign up to Plan's Because I Am A Girl campaign now online at:

www.becauseiamagirl.org

Or by texting* GIRLS to 84118.

Why? Because governments are failing girls on a massive scale. Plan UK's research has revealed that international targets agreed by governments to protect girls living in poverty are unlikely to be met and will be missed altogether unless urgent action is taken now.

We'll take your pledge to world leaders to tell them it's time they did more for girls.

Signing up will take you less than a minute but it will help girls everywhere towards a brighter and safer future.

Thank you.

*Standard rates apply for text pledges