Promising Practices in Gender Equality, Disability & Social Inclusion
Advancing gender equality, disability and social inclusion (GEDSI) is critical to achieving World Vision’s mission of serving the most vulnerable. Producing evidence of impact that is GEDSI-responsive is core to this mission. The following promising practices provide evidence from World Vision programs on what works in integrating gender equality, disability, and social inclusion in our work.
Go to Bangladesh: New Beginnings
Bangladesh: New Beginnings
This promising practice demonstrates how male engagement activities contributed to transformative GEDSI outcomes
Go to Cambodia: Youth for Change
Cambodia: Youth for Change
This promising practice demonstrates how youth were empowered by life skills and leadership development alongside inclusive activities that fostered resilience and community participation.
Go to Children with Disabilities
Children with Disabilities
These promising practices demonstrate impactful disability inclusion efforts for children and adults with disabilities in Georgia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, India, Iraq, and Uganda.
Go to Malawi: Empowered Worldview
Malawi: Empowered Worldview
This promising practice highlights how Empowered Worldview helps resource-poor households build economic resilience and support children's well-being.
Go to Nepal: Sikai
Nepal: Sikai
This promising practice highlights how improving access to and participation in education for Nepal’s most vulnerable children helped address inequalities related to caste, disability, ethnicity, religion, and gender.
Go to Preventing SGBV in Emergencies
Preventing SGBV in Emergencies
This promising practice showcases how the PURPOSE project’s collaborative research and learning in Bangladesh and Kenya created a blueprint for scaling effective SGBV prevention and response globally.
Go to Rwanda: Homes & Communities
Rwanda: Homes & Communities
This promising practice highlights how children’s literacy—especially for those with disabilities—was improved through inclusive, literacy-rich environments and strengthened caregiver engagement.
Go to Sierra Leone: WELD
Sierra Leone: WELD
This promising practice highlights how empowering women to overcome social and cultural barriers supported their social, political, and economic rights and promoted equal, inclusive engagement.
Go to South Sudan: Health Interventions
South Sudan: Health Interventions
This promising practice shares how integrating GEDSI into public healthcare systems strengthens health services and improves outcomes for women, children, persons with disabilities, and survivors of GBV.
Go to Uganda: Becoming One
Uganda: Becoming One
This promising practice highlights how Becoming One strengthened couples’ relationships, improved financial well-being, and fostered peace to prevent intimate partner violence and enhance family well-being.
Go to Zimbabwe: WASH UP! Girl Talk
Zimbabwe: WASH UP! Girl Talk
This promising practice highlights the WASH UP! Girl Talk program, which empowered primary school children to adopt and promote healthy WASH behaviors, with a focus on menstrual health and hygiene.
