An exploration of feminist leadership in conflict-affected settings and how centring women’s rights transforms participation, protection, and peace.

Nexus drives impact in fragile contexts by linking aid, development, and peacebuilding to save lives, strengthen systems, and build lasting resilience.

World Vision strengthens local civil society in Eastern Europe, empowering youth, supporting EU reforms, and promoting sustainable, locally led development.

Empowering women drives lasting change. See how Beyond Access is transforming communities through integrated water, sanitation, and economic initiatives.

In Munuki Payam, Juba County, where hardship often hides behind closed doors, one woman is quietly transforming her community. As a volunteer with World Vision’s Child-Friendly Space, Mary Laku is reaching the most vulnerable—supporting women in crisis, and ensuring children are not left behind. Grounded in her own life experiences, her work is restoring dignity, strengthening families, and challenging harmful norms.

MEER faces some of the world’s most complex and protracted humanitarian crises. Shifting conflict dynamics, climate shocks, and economic deterioration continue to drive multi-layered and chronic needs. Despite the volatile context, shrinking funding and civic space, and access challenges, World Vision has maintained operational presence and scaled up humanitarian programming across the region for more than five decades.

Discover why locally rooted, conflict‑sensitive peacebuilding, especially through trusted faith leaders, is essential for lasting stability in fragile contexts.

Rouka Douzané turned small savings into a thriving restaurant that now employs 13 people. She provides her community with both income opportunities and a welcoming space to gather. Beyond business, she champions women’s rights by fighting harmful practices like child marriage and gender-based violence. Her vision is to expand Empowered Worldview training to help more families break free from poverty and build lasting change.

World Vision Rwanda (WV Rwanda) presents its strategy for the period of 2026-2030. The strategy aims at holistically empowering and transforming the well-being of 2.5 million most vulnerable children. It builds upon the previous five-year strategy, which empowered over 2 million most vulnerable children.

Today in Plumtree, the results are visible: women are leading initiatives, supporting their households and contributing to stronger, more resilient communities — a powerful reminder that when people’s mindsets change, lasting transformation becomes possible.