press release / April 14, 2024
A year of violence in Sudan threatens 24 million children with hunger, violence and lack of schooling
As the conflict in Sudan, reaches its one-year milestone, tens of millions of children and women continue to endure the worst violence imaginable.
publication / April 18, 2024
Innovative project aims to strengthen resilience and livelihoods recovery in Ukraine
The Recovery Through Innovative Startup Empowerment (RISE) is a comprehensive program designed to empower Ukrainian entrepreneurs on their journey to successful innovative business startups. The proposed project will particularly focus on green construction, energy efficiency, and the digitization of climate-smart agriculture, among others.
publication / March 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.
publication / February 27, 2024
United in Faith to End Violence Against Children and Gender-based Violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH)
World Vision Bosnia and Hercegovina factsheet about ending violence against children and gender-based violence
publication / April 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.
press release / April 19, 2024
Millions more children at risk from escalating conflict in the Middle East
Children across the Middle East are facing the pain of hunger, separation for families, injury and death
press release / March 18, 2024
World Vision warns of increasing hunger, sexual violence and limited access to health services for children in Haiti
World Vision press release highlighting the deteriorating security situation in Haiti. World Vision leaders warn the situation could lead to increased hunger, sexual violence and limited access to health services for children in Haiti
opinion / February 22, 2024
Engaging Faith Actors to overcome Harmful Social Norms and Practices: Fighting Violence Against Women and Children in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Preparing for her participation at the World Bank Fragility Forum in Washington, D.C., Dragana Bulic is increasingly alarmed by the recent research showing that youth in Bosnia hold more rigid views and gender stereotypes than adults. She will be speaking about World Vision’s work with faith actors to fight gender-based violence and violence against children at the forum.