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New Report: Girls on the Move in Eastern Africa Urgently Need Protection

Thursday, June 28, 2018

More than 2.5 million girls have been forced to flee their homes across eastern Africa and are in urgent need of protection, a new report from World Vision has found.

Media Releases, Child Violence, Claire Rogers, Refugees, Sexual Abuse, World Vision

It takes a world to eliminate violence against children: World Vision CEO on White Balloon Day

Friday, September 8, 2017

A worldwide commitment is needed to eliminate all forms of violence against children, including sexual abuse, World Vision CEO Claire Rogers said today.

Media Releases, Asia and the Pacific, Claire Rogers, Pacific, Sexual Abuse, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, World Vision

From book-binding to book reading, the story of a former child labourer

Thursday, December 1, 2016

Working at a local book-binders in Northern India, 12 year old Mohsin earned just 30 cents a day. International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, December 2, is aimed at helping free children like Mohsin who was once among the world’s estimated 168 million child labourers.

Media Releases, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Middle East, Eastern Europe & Central Asia, Child Slavery, Human Rights, Human trafficking, International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, Sexual Abuse

Limited understanding of child sexual abuse in the South-East Asia puts children at risk

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Children in South-East Asia are at greater risk of being sexually abused because of their communities’ limited understanding of what constitutes child abuse, a new report by World Vision revealed today.

Media Releases, Asia and the Pacific, Cambodia, Child Violence, Report, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Slavery, Thailand, Vietnam

Children sold into marriage in Niger as food crisis worsens

Monday, June 4, 2012

Recent reports from Niger indicate girls as young as seven are being sold into marriage as food shortages force families to reduce the number of mouths they have to feed

Media Releases, Human trafficking, Child labour, Famine, Africa, Child Slavery, Disaster relief, Forced Marriage, Human trafficking, Niger, Sexual Abuse, Tim Costello, West Africa, West Africa Food Crises