Growing up scared
As she faces a milestone birthday of her own, Eleanor looks at why for so many children, turning the significant age of 10 is not the celebration they deserve.
By Eleanor Monbiot
Stories
Almost trafficked: The Girl Power Group saving children in India
A trafficker is an expert storyteller. Whether it is a promise of a happy marriage, a well-paying job...
Child Trafficking: What you need to know
Child trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery. Children are trafficked for purposes such as domestic labour, armed groups...
Child friendly spaces keep girls from early marriage in South Sudan
“Girls in the community marry early. The situation worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic. I witnessed a young...
Battered by violence, isolated by COVID-19
Phiona gives four ways to avoid a crisis in the mental health of refugee and displaced children Raising...
Aluel campaigns for education and against child marriage in South Sudan
At 15, she fell in love with someone her age thinking it would save her from being...
Mocuba communities lauded for efforts to combat early marriage
Whilst visiting the Zambezia Province this week, Deputies from the Assembly of the Republic of Mozambique, and...
Advancing the cause of women on South Sudan’s 10th Independence Day
Our journey to independence begins as soon as we are conceived in the womb ready to come out...
South Sudan’s police force joins campaign on child protection and against gender-based violence
“I thought my work has no connection with the work of humanitarian agencies. But now I learned...
Ending violence against girls is sacred work
Bill explains that it takes all of World Vision's teams and partners to work towards a future...
South Sudan 10 Years On: Progress, Prospects, and Perspectives
South Sudan, the youngest nation in the world, started its journey on July 9, 2011, with hope and...
Malawi female parliamentarians rally behind campaign to end child marriage
In an event held at Chigodi Community Day Secondary School in Lilongwe, parliamentarians including the Speaker of...
Maria escapes child marriage and returns to school
A year after COVID-19 broke out and schools were closed to prevent the spread of the disease...
“How can we value cows more than the future of our children in South Sudan?”
Each year, 12 million girls are married before the age of 18. That’s 22 girls every minute whose...
Rescued from child marriage, Juliet is back in school
Juliet (18) is a confident student who excels at math, and an aspiring nurse. When she was...
Hunger in South Sudan’s Warrap State drives girls into early marriage
“I was only 13 when my parents forced me to get married”, says 15-year old Adut*, now...
From child labour to apprentice: Samuel's story
When Samuel (name changed to protect his identity) was just 12 years old, his mother died. Left with...
Child Labour: What you need to know
As many as 160 million children around the world are engaged in child labour, working in jobs...
WEBINAR: Enhanced protection of young adolescents against child marriage in times of COVID-19
Recent research conducted by World Vision reveals that the COVID-19 crisis, on top of climate-related shocks and...
Nik Xhelilaj World Vision Albania Ambassador: Let’s not have a limit in our love for children
The actor Nik Xhelilaj, World Vision Albania ambassador, always finds time to raise awareness with key and urgent...
Going Further to transform the lives of children in Kenya
By Lilian Dodzo, National Director, World Vision Kenya Approximately 36 percent of the Kenyan population can be...
Leading with monsters and dragons
Grenville reflects on his first four months leading World Vision’s work in Myanmar during a turbulent time...
World Vision celebrates Parliament’s passing of two bills protecting children
World Vision celebrates the recent passing of two bills that seek to protect children from the most heinous...
World Vision holds prosecutors' training targeting improved justice for children
Reports of violence, particularly sexual violence against children, continue to hog the news in Eswatini, despite the...
Sponsored child, Dola, proclaims to the world that girls are not a burden
Sponsored child, Dola, proclaims to the world that girls are not a burden “Many people of Bangladesh...
If that was your daughter
Promising Young Woman and Billie Eilish have Elena asking why it takes a personal link to help us...