Category Archives: Advocacy

A girl’s journey from brick factory worker to outstanding student

Posted on October 11, 2012 by Guest blogger in Advocacy

Today has been declared by the United Nations as the International day of the Girl. To commemorate this day, we’re asking you to advocate on behalf of girls like Keota in Cambodia. A brick factory is no place for an 11-year-old girl. But each day, Keota would spend hours stacking heavy bricks in a dusty, dangerous workplace to supplement her parents’ meager income. Now, thanks to World Vision, Keota is back in school, earning good grades and helping her little sisters with their studies....

New wheels get Gracious back to the classroom

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Collins Kaumba in Advocacy

Thursday is the first-ever International Day of the Girl. To commemorate this event, we’re spending several days highlighting issues faced by girls who live in poverty around the world, such as early marriage and vicious exploitation. We’re also talking about how access to an education can equip girls to live full lives and reach their God-given potential. The story of Gracious illustrates just that. This 14-year-old girl has a passion for learning that has stopped at nothing — even when her life was turned upside-down by an unforeseen tragedy....

When girls pay a terrible price for living in poverty

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Ratana Lay in Advocacy, Causes

The United Nations has declared October 11 as International Day of the Girl. As illustrated by the tragic story of Mao* in Cambodia, extreme poverty often prevents girls from getting an education and leaves them vulnerable to the worst kinds of exploitation. World Vision works globally to help change this reality — and to empower girls and women to reach their full, God-given potential....

Educate a girl, change the world

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Lindsey Minerva in Advocacy, Causes

“What we are learning around the world is that if women are healthy and educated, their families will flourish. If women are free from violence, their families will flourish. If women have a chance to work and earn as full and equal partners in society, their families will flourish. And when families flourish, communities and nations do as well.” —Hillary Rodham Clinton, September 1995, remarks for the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women...

The fight to end child trafficking continues

Posted on September 27, 2012 by Jesse Eaves in Advocacy

One year ago, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act — the centerpiece of U.S. policies against modern-day slavery around the world — expired because Congress failed to reauthorize it in time. Since then, concerned citizens and groups who work to protect children have advocated for the reauthorization bill to be passed. Below is our latest update from Jesse Eaves, World Vision’s child protection policy adviser....