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Early Marriage in Ethiopia; In The Girls' Own Words

Nell Williams, one of our marketing officers, traveled to Ethiopia to study the prevalence of early child marriage and what can be done to give girls their childhood back.
plantations. I went here to research child marriage. It’s a big issue … and shocking reality I knew the rates of child marriage in

World Vision calls on the Prime Minister for an end to Child Marriage

World Vision calls on the Prime Minister to use his influence at the up-coming Commonwealth gathering in Sri Lanka to press for an end to child marriage.
in Sri Lanka to press for an end to child marriage. David Cameron is due to attend the … delegates will represent countries where child marriage is a grave problem. Based on current

Two Little Girls, Two Very Different Stories

Esther was married at just 11 years old. World Vision's Claire Bardell talks in this blog how reading Esther's story made her reflect on her own daughter's childhood, dreams and the life ahead of her.
reaction to just one of the many stories of child marriage that we hear all too often. A mother … to end child marriage. Thanks to Claire for a wonderful

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theyre safe. Staff on the ground say child marriage is rampant in Ugandas refugee settlements

Untying the Knot: why early marriage should be seen as violence against women

Hannah Stevenson, Child Rights Policy Officer, explains why World Vision's new report on child marriage, ‘Untying the Knot’ is so important and highlights the need for more to be done to tackle early marriage in the world’s most dangerous places.
World Vision launched a new report on child marriage in the lead up to International Women’s … to join the global campaign to end child marriage by 2030. We are proud of the UK Government’s

Parents marry off daughters in attempt to protect them, says new study

New research, released today by World Vision, shines a new light on the link between conflict, disasters and early child marriage.
disasters and early child marriage. … humanitarian responses address the risks of child marriage and other forms of violence against women

Children bear brunt of Syria fighting as refugee numbers top one million

As the number of refugees fleeing Syria tops one million, children are bearing the brunt as the situation worsens, warns World Vision. Almost two years since the start of conflict in Syria, and the numbers of refugees fleeing the country has reached one million, much sooner than anyone predicted.

Child combatants in Mali need urgent protection

Protection for child combatants fighting for rebel groups must be at the heart of any training given by EU troops to Malian forces, says World Vision UK.

Bangladesh: Preparing Communities To Keep The Work Alive

Head of Public Engagement, Mathew Neville’s second blog post from visit to Bangladesh: more wonderful stories of the things he is seeing and experiencing out there.
they run to address the problems of early child marriage and how they prevent this from happening

Duchess to meet campaigner tackling domestic violence in Solomon Islands

Women in the Solomon Islands suffer some of the highest rates of domestic violence in the world. Two out of three women aged 15-49 who have ever been in a relationship, reporting experiencing physical and/or sexual violence by an intimate partner. That is 64 per cent.