Thursday, May 22, 2025

Child-led research as a vehicle for social justice

Child-led research recognises the unique insights that children can contribute to the research process based on their own experiences and expertise.

Let’s fight together to end violence against children

By Shamindu, aged 13, Young leader from Sri Lanka My name is Shamindu, and I am attending the Solutions Summit in Sweden, representing my mother country-...

Role of youth in preventing violence

By Agnes Kabonesa, youth activist, Uganda. According to the UN population report, there will be 1.3 billion youth – which is a huge posititive force for...

Stop using corporal punishment to discipline children

By Sewmini, aged 16, Young leader from Sri Lanka Children: little blooming flowers facing many forms of abuse in various cities and schools throughout Sri...

Universal Children's Day: World Vision's commitments

Constanza Martinez, UN Representative of Worlf Vision in Geneva, accompanied by young leaders Benjamin and Ermenda, presents World Vision's commitments on...

Children and young people's views about violence against children

World Vision spoke to more than 2,000 children and young people from 23 countries to hear their views about violence against children. This is part of...

A testimony for change against child marriage

Violence against children affects one billion children every year. Child marriage is one form of violence that affects millions of children across the...

If not me, then who? If not now, when?

By Mariam Ghushchyan, aged 21, Youth Activist, World Vision Armenia As a young woman and activist from Armenia, being able to attend the United Nations...

Child activists challenging Child Marriage

By Shabira Nupur, Deputy Director-Advocacy and Justice for Children, World Vision Bangladesh. I remember a 12 year old boy telling me that when he was...

Child marriage; a horrific form of violence against girls

By Agnes Kabonesa, aged 23, Youth Leader, World Vision Uganda I have a great interest in gender inequality as in the Ugandan context women and men are not...

We hear and we act – taking children’s recommendations seriously

Three years ago, 34 young people presented five recommendations to the Triennial Council on how World Vision could partner more effectively with them...

Participation of boys and girls in addressing gender-based violence

By Patricio Cuevas-Parra, Senior Policy Adviser, Child Participation and Rights, Advocacy and Justice for Children, WVI. The Convention on the Rights of...

Girls’ inequality: a gap that needs to be filled

By Patricio Cuevas-Parra, Senior Policy Adviser, Child Participation and Rights, Advocacy & Justice for Children, World Vision International. As we...

Patricio Cuevas-Parra with displaced children

Child refugees must be at the centre of our concerns

One of the international days officially observed by the United Nations that touches my heart the most is World Refugee Day. This day reminds us about the...

Universal Children's Day

The UN General Assembly established Universal Children's Day to promote mutual understanding and togetherness between the world's children, and to mark the...

New avenues to bringing children’s views to the public debate

By Patricio Cuevas-Parra As a child rights advocate, I am thrilled to commemorate the Universal Children’s Day by celebrating the extraordinary abilities...

Why you should contribute to closing the gender gap

By Conny Lenneberg, Regional Leader for the Middle East and Eastern Europe Regional Office, World Vision International As we celebrate universal children’s...

Child, Adolescent and Youth Network at the Latin America & Caribbean Region

World Vision Latin America & Caribbean Regional Office encourages the participation of children, adolescents and youth in organized networks, where their...

Ehab: we have a voice and can raise it

Ehab, a young delegate of the Children’s Council: Empowered and Connected, which is an initiative sponsored by World Vision. Ehab explains how this project...

Taking children’s views seriously

I truly know what it feels like to be voiceless, I was born in a generation where being a child meant having little space to express our feelings and...

Children and young people from Lebanon send a message to Queen Rania on post-2015

Children and young people from Lebanon send a video-message to Queen Rania of Jordan around the post-2015 development agenda.Through World Vision in...

The World Youth Want

World Vision's Middle East and Eastern Europe Regional Office held two youth forums in Yerevan and Istanbul: “The World Youth Want.” The conferences hosted...

Chilean children and youth meet the Committee on the Right of the Child in Geneva

Elizabeth, aged 16 and representing World Vision Chile joined the Chilean child delegation and travelled to Geneva to meet the UN Committee on the Rights...

25th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in World Vision Brussels & EU Representation

The year 2014 marks the 25th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). As the United Nations, civil society, child-focused...

Nour, Giving Children Space to Speak out

Nour, a child advocate aged 15, speaks passionately and substantively about her participation in the launch of Inter-Agency Guiding Principles for Children...