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Emily Mphahlele waits at the hospital in South Africa for a doctor to review her anti-retroviral prescription.
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Pride and prejudice

FEB. 1, 2013, SOUTH AFRICA — South Africa’s patriarchal society denies women a voice on issues affecting them most: gender equality, child abuse, rape, and high HIV rates. But now many are standing against the denial and prejudice associated with HIV by learning to live productive lives.

Keota used to spend hours stacking heavy bricks to supplement her family's income. This International Day of the Girl, advocate to help girls like her.
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A girl’s journey from brick factory worker to outstanding student

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.

Educate a girl and you'll change the world. Raise your voice and let others know how important it is to educate and invest in the lives of girls.
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Educate a girl, change the world

Educate a girl and you’ll change the world. This International Day of the Girl, October 11, be a part of changing our world. Raise your voice and let others know how important it is to educate and invest in the lives of girls.

Thanks to an emergency system in her community in Cambodia, she was rescued from being trafficked.
Special Features

Saving Savoeun

AUG. 1, 2012, CAMBODIA — In the U.S., an Amber Alert is broadcasted when a child goes missing. But how do you create an Amber Alert in Cambodian villages when the enemies are sex traffickers? World Vision came up with a plan.

Aparna Sen shares how growing up in Calcutta shaped her desire to help girls in India get an education, and led her to sponsor a girl in India.
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Helping my homeland: Why I sponsor a girl in India

Aparna Sen, a World Vision sponsor, shares how growing up in Calcutta shaped her desire to help girls in India get an education, and about her recent opportunity to travel to India to meet 12-year-old Rebika, whom Aparna sponsored after becoming acquainted with World Vision and our work in her native country.