Veronica was on the path to early marriage. But now she’s back in the classroom and mentoring other students at school and in her community.
Veronica’s story: “DREAMS empowered me to stay in school”
Gender
Zero tolerance for female genital mutilation and cutting: New rites and dreams for Kenyan girls and boys
In response to this violation of girls’ rights, World Vision is equipping government ministries, faith leaders, parents, and community members to act.
How a Ugandan girl is making her DREAMS come true
Ejang is one of more than 38,000 girls supported by the World Vision SAGE DREAMS project in Uganda. She’s determined, resilient, and empowered.
Together, empowered girls pave the way for girls’ education
This program in Uganda is inspiring young women: “You have to be empowered, to speak for yourself, for no one will speak for you unless you rise up.”
Here’s what happens when women #PressForProgress
In World Vision’s experience, enabling women to be catalysts for change can lead to increased female leadership at a village and even sub-national level.
The G7 made a $3 billion commitment to girls’ education
This significant level of funds helps ensure that millions of girls who are out-of-school because of conflicts or disaster are not left behind.
A new bill to help end violence against women
When it might often seem like there is very little we as a country can agree on, I believe there is one issue where we can find consensus – that violence is never acceptable, especially towards women and children who are most vulnerable, whatever form that violence takes. Whether the issue is child marriage, physical … Read More
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
Dreaming Big in Uganda
As a girl growing up in Zeeland, Michigan, I had a lot of dreams about what my future might look like. There were the immediate dreams (making the basketball team, getting all A’s) and the future dreams (going to college, finding a great career, having a family). Some of those dreams were realized, and others … Read More
Celebrate – You Made a Law!
The Girls Count Act is going to the President’s desk! We want to give a heartfelt thank you to all of our World Vision advocates. More than a year and a half ago the Girls Count Act was introduced in Congress. You stayed with us on this journey that was long, and sometimes discouraging. Last … Read More