publication / mars 12, 2024
Joining Forces Alliance Somalia Advocacy and Policy Asks on Combatting Violence Against Women and Girls in Somalia
Somalia continues to face significant challenges in addressing violence against women and girls (VAWG). According to the Somalia Health and Demographic Survey (SHDS, 2020), gender-based violence (GBV) remains one of the most prevalent human rights violations faced by women and girls in Somalia. The survey shows that over 60% of women face physical abuse, denial of education, forced marriage, rape and sexual harassment forms of domestic violence.
press release / mars 26, 2024
World Vision says Gaza ceasefire is only the first step toward healing a generation of children
Press statement welcomes the United Nations' Security Council's recent ceasefire resolution
article / mai 7, 2024
Communities in Lesotho Embrace Climate-Smart Agriculture for Resilience
Lesotho communities combat climate change with resilience & determination. World Vision empowers through faith-based climate action.
article / mai 12, 2024
A Bicycle of Hope to Jane’s journey of becoming a Nurse
World Vision Zambia in 2022 launched a Strong Girls Strong Zambia campaign, to help girls like Jane complete their education. The campaign aims to offer educational support 15,000 girls retrieved and at risk of child marriage by 2025.
article / mai 13, 2024
Defying all odds to create a ‘Better Future’
Yvonne is an 18-year-old girl who lives in Huye District. She is the first born in a family of four girls. While that is a blessing, her father did not think so as he still held on to regressive views of the boy child being more valuable than the girl child. He constantly harassed their mother for not giving birth to sons and also refused to take responsibility of providing for his children. Yvonne’s family was already living in poverty and in disputes but this worsened when they had the fourth girl. She was born with mobility challenges and deaf-blindness.
publication / mai 15, 2024
Annual Report 2023 - World Vision International Jerusalem - West Bank - Gaza
Overview of the key priorities, programmes and achievements of World Vision International Jerusalem - West Bank - Gaza in 2023.
publication / avril 5, 2024
2023 Global Report on Child Participation in World Vision Decision-Making Processes
This second annual Global Report on Child Participation in World Vision Decision-Making Processes celebrates the different ways girls and boys across the world have been meaningfully involved in the decisions that World Vision makes to improve child well-being around the world. Field Offices have continued to implement stronger and more innovative ways of listening to children, including them in local and national decision-making spaces to ensure that programming and strategy decisions are informed by children’s experiences, priorities, needs, and perspectives.
This report highlights the extraordinary practices of each region and Field Office, celebrating the ways our staff have shared decision-making power with children. World Vision continues to press in our belief that children’s participation is not only a right, but an essential element of our child-focused agenda.
publication / avril 29, 2024
Joining Forces Coalition calls for the immediate halt of the plan to repeal anti-FGM/C law in The Gambia
The Joining Forces Coalition condemns in the strongest terms harmful practices such as excision, which is also internationally recognised as gender-specific child abuse and constitutes a major infringement to the bodily autonomy of women and girls.