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Let’s Not Forget Our Sisters in the Asia-Pacific on White Ribbon Day

Thursday, November 24, 2016

World Vision’s new CEO, Claire Rogers, has called on Australians to remember their sisters in the Asia-Pacific region when campaigning for the elimination of violence against women.

Media Releases, Asia and the Pacific, Cambodia, China, Claire Rogers, East Timor, Human trafficking, Laos, Myanmar, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Women's Rights

Human trafficking: when awareness is not enough

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

The hope of making enough money to send back to their families can outweigh known risks of exploitation when children consider migrating to richer countries for work, a groundbreaking new study has found.

Media Releases, Human trafficking, Child labour, Asia and the Pacific, Cambodia, Human trafficking, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam

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

World Vision preparing for typhoon in Vietnam, Laos as Philippines aid begins

Sunday, November 10, 2013

World Vision is bracing for Super Typhoon Haiyan's landfall in Vietnam, while staff in the Philippines are already travelling to affected areas to deliver urgent aid.

Media Releases, Emergencies, Asia and the Pacific, Disaster relief, Foreign Aid, Philippines, Typhoon Haiyan, Vietnam

World Vision responds to disaster-stricken Asia Pacific region

Friday, October 2, 2009

International aid agency World Vision is providing aid and emergency relief to more than 200,000 people throughout the Asia Pacific region following the devastating natural disasters that have struck since the weekend.

Media Releases, Climate change, Emergencies, Asia and the Pacific, Disaster relief, Foreign Aid, Indonesia, Philippines, Samoa, Tim Costello, Typhoon, Vietnam

Sense of urgency for toilets in Asia Pacific

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Each year approximately 3.5 million Australians travel to the Asia Pacific region on holiday and business and for many, searching for a clean, private and functioning toilet can be a challenge to say the least.

Media Releases, Poverty, Water & sanitation, Asia and the Pacific, AUSAID, Cambodia, Flood, International Development, UNICEF, Vietnam, Water and Sanitation