Posts Tagged "Gender Equality"

Zambia: Women set the pace and earn men’s respect

This month our country of focus is Zambia, where World Vision’s Strong Women, Strong World initiative includes Zambia’s Empowerment, Respect and Equality (ERE) program providing small grants to get women started in small businesses or agricultural enterprises. As a result,…

Cindy Breilh talks gender equality

The current issue of the World Vision Magazine is devoted to women and girls issues and features Women of Vision. In a powerful “Ask the Expert” article, Women of Vision’s National Director Cindy Breilh talks about gender equality, why it’s important,…

India: Defying All Odds and Pursuing An Education

This month our country of focus is India, where World Vision’s Strong Women, Strong World initiative is focusing on child protection. The following story was contributed by Annila Harris, World Vision. Fifteen-year-old Saraswati battles poverty, abuse and subjection in a…

An evening with Channels of Hope for Gender

You are invited to join Women of Vision the evening of January 31st  for a rare opportunity to learn more about World Vision’s Channels of Hope for Gender, an innovative faith-based approach to address gender inequity and gender-based violence in some…

An Unhappy Wedding

Earlier this month, Women of Vision director Cindy Breilh shared a story of a child marriage she witnessed while traveling in Ethiopia this year with the Charlotte chapter of Women of Vision. The idea of a child marrying before she’s…

16 Days of Action

From November 25 to December 10, Women and Girls Lead invites you to participate in 16 Days of Action to eliminate gender-based violence. During these 16 days, view a selection of films and infographics that provide context to the issue…

Rich Stearns: I Believe In You

Giving girls equal access to school is critical to the health of the next generation: studies have shown that the children of educated mothers are more likely to survive, less likely to be stunted or underweight, and much more likely…

NY Times: The Women of Afghanistan

We were excited to read the recent New York Times editorial “The Women of Afghanistan” which highlights the plight of women in that area. Though some advances in gender equality have been made, Afghan women remain highly vulnerable. World Vision began…

Whipped for Water

I sat in my seat, stunned. A group of us were in Zambia to celebrate the birth of a well which had been donated by one of the couples traveling with us. The women of the village put on a colorful skit…