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Recent highlights of Plan Canada’s work in the news media.

Inside Toronto - International Day of the Girl Aims to Empower Young Women

CP24 - World Celebrates International Women's Day

Metro News Toronto - Campaign Speaker Shows What an Empowered Girl Can Do

Women's Post Magazine - HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMENS’ DAY

Sympatico News - Celebrating International Women’s Day

Toronto Sun - Pushing Girl Power

Plan Canada Media Advisory - Join 500 Toronto girls as they celebrate International Women’s Day with the Honourable Minister Ambrose, Plan Canada and the Toronto District School Board

Globe and Mail - NGOs are part of the mining conversation

Ottawa Citizen - Private sector becomes key player in Canada’s overseas aid

CBC Radio1 - CIDA Partnerships

Canada Embraces International Day of the Girl Child - by Rosemary McCarney, CEO of Plan Canada and the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Canadian Minister for the Status of Women

Women of Influence Magazine - Rosemary McCarney Named to Top 25 Women of Influence

Toronto Star - Gifts That Multiply

Yahoo! - Plan Canada Gifts of Hope Featured on Yahoo! Canada Gift Guide

Niagarathisweek.com - Reversing a troubling trend - Connaught students help ‘Because I am a Girl’ campaign

Impowerage, An Online Magazine Redefining Aging - Conquering Mount Kilimanjaro at Age 60

Canada.com - This Season, Give the Gift of Giving

Harbour Breton Coaster - Day of the Girl – Local Youth Agree with Idea to Help Girls Around the World

Globe and Mail - Ignoring instincts was worst mistake for Plan Canada chief

Huffington Post Canada - President and CEO Rosemary McCarney’s Blog Post: Investing in Girls Is Good for Boys

Globe and Mail - Canadian Teens Ambivalent About Gender Inequality

National Post - Many Canadian Youths Believe in Old-Fashion Gender Roles: Study

Toronto Star - Gender Stereotypes Still Persist Even Among Youth

CTV/Canada AM - Gender Stereotypes Persist Among Young Canadians

660 News Radio - Many Canadian Youth Hold Traditional Views on Gender Roles

Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Public Works and Government Services and Minister for Status of Women - Statement on International Day of the Girl, September 22, 2011

Inter Press Service (Global) - Tapping Boys in the Struggle for Girls' Equal Rights

Toronto Star - Plan International, Which has Focused on Girls Since 2007, Shifts Attention to Boys

The Weather Network - Long Road Ahead for Famine-hit Horn of Africa

Huffington Post Canada - Africa Needs Our Help to Overcome its Latest Famine

National Post - Why is this happening again?

CBC News - Canadian famine aid

Metro Toronto - Aid groups want Canada to step up for Africa

Huffington Post Canada - Rosemary McCarney, Plan Canada CEO, Recalls First Experience With Famine in East Africa

The Toronto Star - As hunger turns to famine in East Africa, a dire call for help

Globe and Mail - Somalia: The horror of famine in a failed state

Metro Montreal - La Coalition humanitaire sonne l’alarme face à la famine en Somalie

CTV News - Drought crisis: Marko Lesukat, Plan International

Globe and Mail - Development minister seeks first-hand look at East Africa’s ‘slow-onset’ calamity

CBC News - Analysis: Drought in the Horn of Africa – does the world still care?

The Toronto Star - Severe crisis grips East Africa

The Toronto Star - East African 'drought is the worst in 60 years'

Huffington Post Canada - Cholera in Cameroon: An Avoidable Tragedy

A-Morning Ottawa - Because I am a Girl

My Kinda Woman - Jennifer Heil

Metro News - What a girl needs … is to be given a chance

t.o.night - t.o.night talks: Jennifer Heil

Times & Transcript - Bernard Richard to be honoured

Huffington Post Canada - The digital divide: Why girls need access to technology

CBC News - Former youth advocate focusing on Haiti Kids

CNN International - Education on the African air waves

SavvyMom.ca - The List: 16 Gifts for Mother’s Day

Flare.com - Mother’s Day Gifts that Give Back

Canoe.ca - Mother’s Day: Get in on the Mother’s Day Gifts

CityTV.com - Five things to do this weekend: Ride the rails & don’t forget your Discman

Telegraph-Journal Fredericton - New Brunswick’s defender of the vulnerable leaves his post

The Calgary Herald - Great place to be a girl

The Montreal Gazette - Room for improvement in Canada’s sexual equality: Global report

24 Hours Toronto - A familiar voice to make change heard

Metro Toronto - Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau: “There’s still work to do”

CP24 News - International Women's Day marked nationwide

Metro Edmonton - Events across city celebrate women

Business News Network - SqueezePlay : 100th Anniversary International Women's Day

SheDoesTheCity.ca - 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day: We ask women we admire and respect to weigh in on the meaning of this day

National Post - Canada Announces Support For An International Day Of The Girl

OpenParliment.ca - Rona Ambrose on International Women's Day

Canoe.ca - Valentine’s Day – Gift Ideas

Toronto Sun - Buy your honey a bunny for Valentine's Day

CTV National News - PM predicts 'wave of hope' as he opens UN meeting

Calgary Sun - Heil saying goodbye to slopes

Globe and Mail - Rosemary McCarney: Don’t give up on Haiti

CP24 News - A year after earthquake, Haitians take life one day at a time

24 Hours Toronto - Haiti, by those who know it best

CBC News - Haiti - One Year Later

The Montreal Gazette - Many survivors remain 'invisible'

Metro Ottawa - NGO seeks support to rebuild in Haiti

The Vancouver Sun - One year after Haiti quake, some survivors still 'invisible' without documents

The Calgary Herald - One year after Haiti quake, some survivors still 'invisible' without documents

The Montreal Gazette - One year after Haiti quake, some survivors still 'invisible' without documents

Canada East - Bernard Richard touring Port-au-Prince until Monday

CBC Radio Ottawa - Anniversary of the Massive Earthquake in Haiti

A-Morning Ottawa - Haiti Rebuild

Times & Transcript - N.B. ombudsman visiting ravaged Haiti

Telegraph-Journal - Advocate visits Haiti as quake anniversary nears

The Hip and Urban Girl’s Guide - Re-Gifting Wars Party

Global News - Celebrating Haiti’s promising future one year after the earthquake

The Toronto Star - The personal cost of doing good

YorkRegion.com - Markham girl helps Tanzanians

MySask.com - Teacher to Tanzania

CBC News - Where's my goat?

Flare.com - Editor's Picks: Gifts That Give Back

Metro News - Charity is the gift that keeps on giving

Winnipeg Free Press - Goats as stocking stuffers help stuff charity coffers at Christmas

Ottawa Citizen - Gifts that give back: Forget perfume and designer sweaters. This holiday, give presents that can help change lives

Calgary Herald - Our Swerviest Holiday Gift Guide

Toronto CityLine TV - Charitable Gift-Giving

Inside Toronto - Give and receive - List of charities where you get a gift when you give one

Canada.com - Gift guide: Price points for every budget

The Gazette - Focus On: Freestyle skiing. Heil is driven this season by the chance to win her sixth moguls Crystal Globe and world championship in singles

Toronto Sun - The art of giving

Digital Journal - Canadians say 'yes' to ethical gift giving for the holidays: Plan survey

Edmonton Journal - Life-changing gifts really matter

CTV National News - Lisa LaFlamme on Haiti

Vancouverite.com - Canada to combat child exploitation in sex tourism

Western Law Alumni Magazine 2010 - Making a difference: Rosemary’s Plan for the Future

CityNews.ca - Helping Girls Rise Up

The Toronto Star - Bright lights, big city — does it work for girls in the developing world?

The Globe and Mail - Teenage girls can change the world

The Toronto Star - G8 commitment to poor mothers and children not nearly enough, critics say

680News - Pregnancy still the number one cause of death for girls age 15-19 worldwide; Plan Canada

CBC News - G20 Street Level: Meet the team

CBC News - Maternal, child health goals set by aid groups

CTV News - Latest G8 report CTV News Channel Rosemary McCarney Plan Canada

Globe and Mail - Focus or die: The G8 fights for survival

The Spruce Grove Examiner - Spruce Grove plans to ‘Hoop It Up With Jenn’

The Toronto Star - What Canada needs to do at G20: deliver for moms, babies

The Warehouse - What's Your Plan? Sitting Down with Plan Canada

The Montreal Gazette - How to save lives in Africa

The Southwest Booster - Leadership Seminar at Waldeck School an eye opener

Winnipeg Free Press - Charleswood School students show their girl power

Moose Jaw Times Herald - Because I am a Girl program comes to Moose Jaw

The Southwest Booster - Leadership Seminar at Waldeck School an eye opener

Winnipeg Free Press - Charleswood School students show their girl power

Globe and Mail - For Haiti’s children, school is also a place to heal

Metro Ottawa – Students fundraise to sponsor herd for Ugandans.

The Vancouver Sun – Very Last Minute Gift Guide

The Vancouver Sun – Gifts that give back to the world

CTV Ottawa – Glebe goatees for goats coverage

Toronto Star – Birth registration protects children

Globe and Mail – Writer donates prize money to Plan’s Gifts of Hope

TheObserver.ca – Make a charitable donation this holiday

InsideToronto.com – Hip hop artists bring message of equality to Etobicoke schoolgirls

The Vancouver Sun – Trapped behind a wall of poverty

The Daily Gleaner – In search of a simple Christmas

Globe and Mail – Santa's skipping our house

Montreal Families Magazine – Gifts that Teach Kids about Charity

Vancouver Province – Give for the Greater Good

Girl Works Magazine – Plan Canada Gifts of Hope

CTV.ca – Swap the traditional reindeer for a goat and make a difference

Best Health Magazine – Holiday gift ideas under $20

girlsworks Magazine – Plan Canada Gifts of Hope

Mississauga.com – Girls night to empower students

CNN – Counting the world's 'invisible' children

Globe and Mail – Women have never striven more for less

AFP – West African girls worst victims of economic crisis - NGO

Calgary Herald – What It Means To Be A Calgary Girl

Winnipeg Free Press – Girls tell their stories to documentary crew

The Vancouver Sun – Pop star helps girls of the world

The Vancouver Sun – Video: Because I Am A Girl

Times Online – Charity action speaks louder than words

East Ottawa Star – Shining a spotlight on social justice

The Ottawa Citizen – Filmmaker gets girls to share their voice

CBC Breakout – Empowering Girls

CTV News Channel – Indonesia quake

CTVOlympics.ca – Jenn Heil stoking the dreams of girls abroad

CBC.caFailing to educate girls costs poor countries billions

The Globe and MailExperts' call to action: Invest in women, reverse poverty

The Globe and MailInvesting in girls pays off in social and economic progress by Belinda Stronach

The Toronto StarHow can you save the world? Start with her