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Reena Ghelani

@rghelani.bsky.social
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Solutions-focused. Feminist. CEO of @planglobal.bsky.social.

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Reena Ghelani @rghelani.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
“If we truly listened to what children and their caregivers consistently tell us, then education would be front and centre.” Education in emergencies is not a luxury—it is life-saving. www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2025...
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In an era of aid cuts, kids and caretakers are clear about what to save
Education could be drastically cut in 2026 response plans. But caregivers and kids say it’s their top priority.
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Reena Ghelani @rghelani.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
(1/2) A recent @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social investigation reveals thousands of reported rapes since July 2023, with 45% of victims being children under 18. These numbers represent only a fraction of the reality. Sexual violence anywhere destroys lives, families, and communities.
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Reena Ghelani @rghelani.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
(1/2) The team from @planglobal.bsky.social and @openuniversity.bsky.social has won the Times Higher Education International Collaboration Award for the SAGE program.
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Reena Ghelani @rghelani.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
I am deeply inspired by the leadership, clarity, and determination of young people at #COP30 who are pushing the world toward a more just and sustainable future. Their voices are not just contributing to the #climate agenda — they are reshaping it. www.linkedin.com/pulse/youth-...
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🌍 Youth Leadership Is Redefining Climate Action at COP30 🌍
“They need us” — is a direct call to negotiators and leaders worldwide at COP30 and beyond from Brazil’s Youth Climate Champion, Marcele Oliveira. Youth are not symbolic participants; they are rights-...
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Reena Ghelani @rghelani.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
(1/2) All eyes must remain on #Sudan. Reports of systemic mass killings of civilians, many of them children, girls and women are horrific. The people in El Fasher have been under siege for 500 days, cut off from basic needs.
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Women Deliver @womendeliver.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
🌎 See you at #COP30? We will be there: ✅ Advancing climate justice narratives ✅ Analyzing where gender gaps persist in COP conversations & how #WD2026 can help fill them 🗓️10-21 Nov 2025 📍 Belém, Brazil 🔗 This is how we are going to be engaging: womendeliver.org/publications...
At COP30 the health and rights of girls, women, and gender-diverse people must be recognized as central to effective climate action.
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Reena Ghelani @rghelani.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
(1/2) A second powerful typhoon has struck the Philippines in less than a week, forcing thousands from their homes. With communities already reeling from Typhoon Kalmaegi, Super Typhoon Fung-Wong has unleashed catastrophic winds and flooding.
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Emergency response launched after twin typhoons hit Philippines - Plan International
A second powerful typhoon has struck the Philippines in less than a week, forcing thousands of people from their homes and compounding the devastation left by an earlier storm.
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Reena Ghelani @rghelani.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
(1/2) “I cannot go back, they will know by my skin colour which tribe I am from, and they will kill me.” These are the heartbreaking words I heard from one displaced person on my recent visit to Sudan. Sexual violence is rampant, and over 30 million people need urgent assistance.
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Reena Ghelani @rghelani.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
We cannot achieve social progress without investing in girls and women. This week at the #WorldSocialSummit leaders are seeing that when half the population is empowered, economies grow, families move out of poverty and communities thrive. #WSSD2 www.euronews.com/2025/11/04/d...
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Doha hosts UN social summit as calls grow for action on equality
Doha is hosting the Second World Summit for Social Development this week with world leaders, experts and youth meeting to tackle poverty, inequality and the future of work.
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Reena Ghelani @rghelani.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
In Sudan and beyond, women and girls are paying the highest price of war. Use of sexual violence in crisis has increased by 25%, according the United Nations. The world cannot look away. Read my full piece in @contextnewsroom.bsky.social: www.context.news/money-power-...
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Sudan’s war on women and girls - the world cannot look away | Context by TRF
As I walked among Sudan's displaced people, I was struck by how invisible this crisis has become. But we must pay attention
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Reena Ghelani @rghelani.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
(1/3) "A lot of [people] are arriving injured, with gunshot wounds and exhausted from carrying their loved ones for days. It’s been hardest for women, children and people with disabilities." - Plan International Sudan staff #Sudan
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Reena Ghelani @rghelani.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
(1/3) News this morning of 104 people killed in #Gaza, 34 of which were children. This violence especially impacts women and girls. The ceasefire must resume, and humanitarian aid must be allowed to enter without restriction.
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Reena Ghelani @rghelani.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
(1/3) Conflict in El Fasher is escalating at an alarming rate. Families are being displaced, food is running out, and civilians are suffering amid intensifying violence with reports of torture and sexual assaults on the rise.
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Reena Ghelani @rghelani.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
(1/2) During my visit to Kassala with Plan International Sudan, I sat with young women and girls and asked them their priority, what they wanted most once stability returns, and their answer was: "تعليم" (ta'lim) – education. #Eduction #Humanitarian
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Reena Ghelani @rghelani.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
(1/2) 47,000 life-saving food parcels are packed and ready - but the crisis in #Gaza is far from over. Plan International Egypt, together with trusted partners, is sending 53 trucks carrying 47,000 food parcels into Gaza over the next week ...
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Plan International @planglobal.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Plan International CEO @rghelani.bsky.social in @newsweek.com: The persistence of child marriage threatens to reverse decades of progress for girls. This #DayOfTheGirl, join our movement to ensure girls can be children, not wives. #EndChildMarriage www.newsweek.com/how-can-we-e...
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How Can We End Child Marriage for Good? | Opinion
Despite child marriage now being illegal in most countries, the practice remains widespread.
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Reena Ghelani @rghelani.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
12 million girls are married before their 18th birthday every year. This #IDG2025 we’re amplifying girls voices to help #EndChildMarriage. Without immediate action, 150 million more girls could be forced into marriage by 2030. Read more: plan-international.org/campaigns/en...
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End Child Marriage - Plan International
Stand with girls to dismantle the harmful norms that force them into child marriages and deny them their childhood.
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Reena Ghelani @rghelani.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
(1/2) I welcome today's news of a ceasefire agreement in #Gaza. “A ceasefire will stop the bombs & missiles, but humanitarian need in Gaza today is immense. Without urgent lifesaving aid and access, people will continue to die from hunger, dehydration, and lack of medical care.”
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Reena Ghelani @rghelani.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
1/3 - It was a privilege to join Elizabeth Yee and Dia Mirza to explore how to ensure communities are at the centre of leading development. With so many shifts happening across the aid sector, we face both challenges and opportunities.
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Reena Ghelani @rghelani.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
(1/2) Earlier this week in Doha, I met with Education Above All (EAA). Our partnership with EAA spans 11 years of protecting education and creating opportunities for children and youth in the most fragile contexts.
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Reena Ghelani @rghelani.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
(1/2) “I was married off young. I wasn’t allowed to study or progress in life. I was deprived of everything.” - Juna, 24, Nepal. @planglobal.bsky.social's new report, Let me be a child, not a wife, reveals the lasting harms of child marriage.
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Reena Ghelani @rghelani.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
#SixMonthsOn from the #Myanmar earthquake, @planglobal.bsky.social has reached 83,000+ people with life-saving aid and provided children with safe spaces to learn, play and heal. There’s more to be done. Help support the response: plan-international.org/myanmar-eart...
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Myanmar earthquake appeal - Plan International
A powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar in the morning of 28th March. The death toll has now surpassed 2,000.
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Reena Ghelani @rghelani.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Useful dialogue with @tomfletcherun.bsky.social at #UNGA80. INGOs have a massive reach in humanitarian settings and access to the most vulnerable. As NGOs are central to humanitarian action, inclusive engagement is vital to a successful reform of the humanitarian system.
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Reena Ghelani @rghelani.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
The discussions on gender-based violence at #UNGA80 next week are crucial for combatting one of the most pervasive human rights violations. Prioritising the protection of girls and young women is critical. www.unfpa.org/gender-based...
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Gender-based violence
One of the most prevalent human rights violations in the world, gender-based violence knows no social, economic or national boundaries. It undermines the health, dignity, security and autonomy of surv...
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Reena Ghelani @rghelani.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
(1/2) As world leaders prepare for #UNGA80, it’s crucial that discussions around peace include the realities of the conflict in #Gaza. Approximately 20,000 children have been killed in Israeli attacks since October 2023 and last night, deadly airstrikes hit Gaza City.
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Reena Ghelani @rghelani.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
(1/2) When crisis strikes, schools become lifelines. “When can I go back to school?” Children in crisis ask this every day. Education is not just learning - it’s survival. It gives children safety, mental health support, and life-saving knowledge when they need it most.
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Reena Ghelani @rghelani.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
(1/2) For millions of children in conflict-affected areas like Sudan, returning to the classroom is a distant hope. Ongoing conflict has strained the education system, denying children access to learning and the chance to write their futures.
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Reena Ghelani @rghelani.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
(1/2) “I want to see fewer girls dropping out of school, and I want to tackle child, early and forced marriage.” - Nyabhan, an adolescent advisor with @planglobal.bsky.social's Adolescent Participation in Humanitarian Action programme in Ethiopia.
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Reena Ghelani @rghelani.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
In #Sudan, civilians are dying as famine spread across Northern Darfur. The crisis is worsening. Our teams are working to contain a Cholera outbreak in addition to providing aid - with limited access due to security concerns. Full humanitarian access is needed now. @planglobal.bsky.social
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Reena Ghelani @rghelani.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
(1/2) The terrible landslide disaster in #Sudan has claimed more than a thousand lives, and created further suffering for civilians, exacerbating the existing humanitarian catastrophe due to conflict, displacement and hunger.
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Reena Ghelani @rghelani.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Every year, 12 million girls marry before 18, robbing them of their rights - especially those in poverty or crisis. Lucy is now changing the narrative in her Zambian community, after learning about these risks at a @planglobal.bsky.social programme for young people. #EndChildMarriage
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Reena Ghelani @rghelani.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
(1/2) “They bombed our neighbour’s house. There were people injured and killed. We witnessed it all. That’s why we had to flee.” - Layla*, Gaza. This is a human-made catastrophe. The only solution is a permanent #CeasefireNOW
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Reena Ghelani @rghelani.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
(1/2) As leaders prepare to gather for the 80th @un.org General Assembly, it is critical that girls' rights remain central to discussions. With only 26 female heads of state participating, there is a stark representation gap in addressing humanitarian issues that disproportionately impact girls.
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Reena Ghelani @rghelani.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
(1/2) Education in emergencies is critical. During crises, digital learning helps to minimise disruption to young people's futures, but access alone isn’t enough.
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Reena Ghelani @rghelani.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Sexual violence is one of the darkest consequences of war. In 2024, the @un.org reported a 25% rise in cases across conflict zones. 92% of survivors are women and girls. This violence is preventable, and it must end. Survivors need justice. Read more: bit.ly/45FNQDm
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Reena Ghelani @rghelani.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
(1/2) This month, seven @planglobal.bsky.social trucks have entered Gaza, carrying aid to sustain 31,000 people for three days. We have more trucks waiting to pass clearance checks at the Rafah crossing, and ready to cross the border from Jordan. Humanitarian access in Gaza is severely hindered.
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Reena Ghelani @rghelani.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
(1/3) On #WorldHumanitarianDay I want to thank aid workers around the world, most of whom are on the front lines, standing side by side with communities day in and day out.
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Reena Ghelani @rghelani.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
(1/2) In #Ethiopia, some girls are married at just 12 years old. Often, the younger the girl, the higher the "bride price". Child marriage robs girls of their future, ends their education, their independence, and early pregnancies put their health at risk.
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Reena Ghelani @rghelani.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
(1/3) In Ethiopia's Benishangul-Gumuz region, Tsore Refugee Camp Youth Centre, supported by the @germany.diplo.de, is creating pathways for learning, skills development, and connection among refugee and host community youth.
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Reena Ghelani @rghelani.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Much more aid must enter #Gaza. We must urgently scale up safe, reliable humanitarian access, not just scattered aid, but life-saving support delivered at the scale Gazans desperately need. @planglobal.bsky.social
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Reena Ghelani @rghelani.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
(2/2) But this is only a drop in the ocean, hundreds of trucks are waiting to meet desperate needs. Help keep aid moving. Donate: plan-international.org/emergencies/...
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Gaza-Middle East crisis appeal - Plan International
The crisis in Gaza and Israel has killed thousands, with many more injured. Children are always innocent. Please donate now.
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Reena Ghelani @rghelani.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
(1/2) Last night, we received the news we’ve been longing for. Two @planglobal.bsky.social trucks successfully entered #Gaza. Eight more trucks carrying food baskets, enough to feed 9,000 families for three days, are now at the border awaiting clearance.
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Reena Ghelani @rghelani.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
(1/2) As part of the @pmnch.bsky.social, @planglobal.bsky.social is working with partners in 130 countries to support the health of women, children and adolescents.
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Reena Ghelani @rghelani.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
(1/3) Children are dying of malnutrition. Mothers have been shot in front of their children while trying to get them a meal. @planglobal.bsky.social is responding, ready to provide life-saving aid. But we urgently need funding to scale up our response to this crisis.
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Reena Ghelani @rghelani.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
(1/2) Two-thirds of @planglobal.bsky.social's #RealChoicesRealLives cohort girls believe that male violence is ‘natural.’
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Reena Ghelani @rghelani.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
(1/3) Since 2019, child trafficking cases have surged by 31%, with a 38% increase in those involving girls.
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Reena Ghelani @rghelani.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
(1/2) Palestinian families in #Gaza are starving. One in three people in Gaza are only accessing one meal every few days. The promised 10-hour pauses in military operations will allow Plan International and others to deliver life-saving aid, but it is only a temporary solution.
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“We have a short window to save as many lives as possible” - Plan International
Israel have agreed to pause military operations for 10 a hours day in 3 populated areas of Gaza to allow the UN and humanitarian organisations to deliver food and medicine to people "until further not...
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Reena Ghelani @rghelani.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
(1/3) In Gaza, children and families are facing starvation. Despite warehouses of food, clean water, medical supplies, and fuel nearby, access is blocked.
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Reena Ghelani @rghelani.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
(1/3) 68% of girls believe male violence is natural or ‘just the way things are.’ @planglobal.bsky.social's Real Choices, Real Lives study has followed the lives of girls from around the world born in 2006 through to their 18th birthdays, offering rare insight into their everyday realities.
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Reena Ghelani @rghelani.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
(1/2) “You will not make it.” That’s what Katerin was told. Today, with @planglobal.bsky.social's support, she’s a youth leader in El Salvador, about to graduate with a degree in social work.
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