Women and girls face greater risk of violence during emergencies as harmful social norms intensify and women are further marginalized.
Why does violence against women and girls increase during disasters?
Child Marriage
There is no word “defeat” in Naima’s dictionary
Naima overcame incredible challenges to become an educated woman, including abuse and child marriage. She worked to support her education and never gave up.
Unstoppable girls: What it takes to end child marriage
World Vision’s child marriage report compiles data from four unique contexts and explores the harms of child marriage and what it will take to end it.
Child marriage must end! 3 girls speak out
“I am here to show my determination to work together in ending child marriage and all forms of violence against girls.”
Child marriage: Facts from around the world
Girls and women around the world are advocating against child marriage so they can go to school and pursue their dreams. Learn the facts on early marriage.
Eka said NO to child marriage
At 14, Eka learned that her parents were planning her marriage to a man 20 years older. But she wasn’t ready to get married.
Samia’s dream: Freedom from child marriage
Here I want to say that everyone is equal; girls and boys are the same. I firmly believe that we, the girls, can equally contribute to society…
Young leader in Senegal: “End child marriage”
“Overall, many girls across Senegal are married as children. How can it be a good thing to be a young girl who is already married and pregnant?”
Trading Child Marriage for College Textbooks
Harassment is one of many challenges girls and women face in Delhi, a sprawling city of 25 million people where there are problems of safety, vulnerability to violence and exploitation, pollution, and unsanitary or overcrowded living conditions. But empowered by sponsorship, girls in one neighborhood are overcoming poverty and trading child marriage for college textbooks. … Read More
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