Children are being used and abused in shameful ways, and in large numbers, worldwide. Children are literally fighting for their lives. In China, India, and other places where a desperate preference for sons feeds a big market for the technology to learn the sex of an expected child, little girls are being aborted before they have a chance for a future. Those allowed to live face a future of poverty where education is curtailed and early marriage or prostitution are the options they must choose from. Boys and girls are central to World Vision's ministry, because Jesus is clear on the treatment of children. "If anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and drowned in the depths of the sea" (Matthew 18:6). You can help rescue a child from exploitation through sponsorship. Click here to sponsor a child now.

	Innocence Lost: Video interview with World Vision staff member Angela Mason. Click the button at the right which most closely matches your internet connection speed.

Title	Source
Land Mines: Steps on the Road to Eradication	World Vision Policy Paper
Child Labor: Robbing God's Cradle	World Vision Magazine
"Exploitation	World Vision Magazine, Girl-child Issue
"Child Brides"	World Vision Magazine, Girl-child Issue
"Violence"	World Vision Magazine, Girl-child Issue
Five Barriers Facing Women in the Developing World	World Vision Magazine, Issue on Women

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