Girls worldwide face unequal progress in education, safety, and rights. This report reveals their hopes, struggles, and the urgent need for global action.

Dignity Kits: A Gift that Restores a Sense of Self-Esteem for Refugees in Zini and Tarikom Camps.

The national poor educational infrastructure, particularly in rural Zambia, where it directly contributes to high learning poverty rates, severe overcrowding, and low pupil retention, has received urgent attention with World Vision Zambia’s Board of Directors accelerating its Timange Legacy Project to construct a much-needed classroom block at Situnga Primary School in the remote Senanga District, Western Province.

On International Day of the girl, Mona calls for bold, sustained action from governments, civil society actors, and community leaders across Asia and the Pacific to empower girls to lead.

Amid ongoing conflict, displacement, overlapping crises, and worsening climate shocks, humanitarian needs in the Middle East & Eastern Europe are soaring.

Khalil A. Hamad, Technical WASH Focal Person with World Vision Iraq, says water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) cannot be seen as a luxury in schools, but as the building blocks to a healthy and safe learning environment for children in Iraq.

In a major stride towards improving foundational learning outcomes in Zambia, World Vision Zambia actively participated in the orientation session for Members of Parliament (MPs) on the #CATCHUP Programme at the National Assembly’s Media Centre. This pivotal event was aimed at equipping policymakers with critical information about the project, fostering ownership, and ensuring the long-term sustainability of these vital educational interventions.

Climate change worsens inequalities, increasing hunger and malnutrition—projected to rise 20% by 2050—with women and girls most affected.

Millions of children still go to school hungry, with a single meal often deciding whether they stay in class or drop out. While 466 million now receive school meals, half of primary school-aged children remain unreached—especially in low-income countries. World Vision’s School Meals Programme delivered daily meals to over one million children in 20 countries and drove 17 policy changes to strengthen national feeding systems. From South Sudan’s new strategy to Rwanda’s citizen-led “Dusangire Lunch,” momentum is building to end child hunger for good.