Plan for Every Child: Gender Vulnerability Index Report-1.

Abstract

Every child is born with the same inalienable right to a healthy start in life, an education and a safe, secure childhood – all the basic opportunities that can translate into a productive and prosperous adulthood. But around the world, we are confronted with an uncomfortable but undeniable truth. Millions of children’s lives are blighted, for no other reason than the household, community, gender or circumstances into which they are born. Millions of children are denied their basic rights due to their race, ethnicity or gender; which is further exacerbated because they live in poverty or with a disability.