Latest research and publications

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Latest report Before she's ready: Fifteen places girls marry by 15 (PDF), a new briefing paper from Christian humanitarian organization World Vision, illustrates the causes and human costs of early marriage in countries and regions where it is most common.

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World Vision is a leader in advocating for justice and finding solutions to issues of global poverty, child rights and peace and conflict. Contact us for the latest research, as well as background information, story ideas, expert interviews, photos, b-roll and other resources on today's global issues.

The Global AIDS crisis

>	AIDS Attitude Survey
	Executive summary and full report, December 2007
>	G8: Keep Your Promise on Global AIDS, Act Now
	PDF, 579 KB, 9 pgs, March 2007
>	Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Africa: Averting the Long-Term Consequences of a Growing Cohort
	PDF, 189 KB, 6 pgs, November 2006

>	How Communities Are Coping with the Impact of HIV and AIDS on Children, Findings from Uganda and Zambia
	PDF, 7 pgs, 123.1 KB, 2005
>	Attitudes, Beliefs and Knowledge About HIV Prevention for Children, Findings from Uganda and Zambia
	PDF, 7 pgs, 110.8 KB, 2005

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Disaster response

>	Planet Prepare: Preparing Coastal Communities in Asia for Future Catastrophes
	Executive summary (PDF, 2 pgs, 553 KB, September 2008)
>	Briefing Paper: Water Crisis After the Cyclone in Myanmar
	PDF, 2 pgs, 351 KB, May 2008
>	Conflict Sensitivity in Emergencies
	PDF, 56 pgs, 1822 KB, December 2007
>	Asia Tsunami Response -- Final Report December 2007
	Executive Summary, PDF, 5 pgs, 406 KB, December 2007 India PDF, 16 pgs, 1754 KB, December 2007 Indonesia PDF, 17 pgs, 968 KB, December 2007 Sri Lanka PDF, 19 pgs, 1249 KB, December 2007 Thailand PDF, 13 pgs, 1302 KB, December 2007

>	Trapped! The Disappearing Hopes of Iraqi Refugee Children
	PDF, 714.23 KB, 19 pgs, June 2007

>	Trapped! Unlocking the Future of Iraqi Refugee Children
	PDF, 388.72 KB, 8 pgs, April 2007

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Child protection

>	Briefing Paper:Child Protection in Myanmar After Cyclone Nargis
	PDF, 782.KB, 4 pgs, May 2008
>	Sex, Sun and Heritage: Tourism Threats and Opportunities in South East Asia
	PDF, 1.02 MB, 72 pgs, December 2007
>	Chile: Children Who Work in the Mountians
	Part of World Vision's eries on Child Labor and Exploitation in Latin America and the Caribbean PDF, 1.04 MB, 12 pgs, July 2007
>	Colombia: Children Who Sell in the Streets
	Part of World Vision's Series on Child Labor and Exploitation in Latin America and the Caribbean PDF, 752.79 KB, 12 pgs, July 2007
>	Bolivia: Children Who Work in Tin Mines
	Part of World Vision's Series on Child Labor and Exploitation in Latin America and the Caribbean PDF, 311.68 KB, 14 pgs, June 2007
>	Brazil: Children Who Work in the Market
	Part of World Vision's Series on Child Labor and Exploitation in Latin America and the Caribbean PDF, 399.61 KB, 14 pgs, June 2007
>	Their Future in Out Hands: Children Displaced by Conflicts in Africa's Great Lakes Region
	PDF, 2.64 MB, 49 pgs, December 2006
>	“As if They Were Watching My Body": Pornography and the Development of Attitudes Toward Sex and the Sexual Behavior Among Cambodian Youth
	PDF, 741 KB, 110 pgs, May 2006
>	How and Why We Work: Child Workers in the Informal Economy In Phnom Penh and Battambang
	PDF, 912 KB, 57 pgs, September 2005

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Women and girls

>	Before she's ready: Fifteen places girls marry by 15
	PDF, 4.63 MB, 35 pgs, September 2008
>	Hope for the Girl Child
	PDF, 867 KB, 52 pgs, February 2007
>	Creating an Enabling Environment for the Advancement of Women and Girls
	PDF, 338 KB, 28 pgs, March 2006

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Peace and conflict

>	Interventions for Depression Symptoms Among Adolescent Survivors of War and Displacement in Northern Uganda
	From the Journal of the American Medical Association. World Vision was a collaborating partner in one of the studies. August 2007
>	Reluctant Hosts – The Impact of the Lord’s Resistance Army on Communities in Western Equatoria
	PDF, 4.72 MB, 60 pgs, June 2007
>	A Shared Future: Local Capacities for Peace in Community Development
	PDF, 2,856 KB, 159 pgs, April 2006
>	Small Feet, Deep Prints: Young People Build Peace with World Vision East Africa
	PDF, 1,194 KB, 86 pgs, June 2005
>	Pawns of Politics: Children Conflict and Peace in Northern Uganda, 2nd Edition -- Complete Report
	PDF, 8,234 KB, 62 pgs, 2005
>	Pawns of Politics: Children Conflict and Peace in Northern Uganda, 2nd Edition -- Report Summary
	PDF, 5,571 KB, 5 pgs, 2005

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Poverty reduction

>	G8 and the Food Crisis
	PDF, 200 KB, 2 pgs, May 2008
>	A Matter of Life of Death How 18 million children are relying on the G8 to keep its promises
	PDF, 946 KB, 13 pgs, May 2008
>	Make Their Poverty History
	PDF, 297 KB, 20 pgs, June 2005
>	Poverty Reduction: Are the Strategies Working?
	PDF, 500 KB, 70 pgs, June 2005

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Additional resources

> Global Future: A World Vision journal of human development > World Vision congressional testimonies