World Vision Bosnia and Hercegovina factsheet about ending violence against children and gender-based violence

Preparing for her participation at the World Bank Fragility Forum in Washington, D.C., Dragana Bulic is increasingly alarmed by the recent research showing that youth in Bosnia hold more rigid views and gender stereotypes than adults. She will be speaking about World Vision’s work with faith actors to fight gender-based violence and violence against children at the forum.

Preparing for her participation at the World Bank Fragility Forum in Washington, D.C., Dragana Bulic is increasingly alarmed by the recent research showing that youth in Bosnia hold more rigid views and gender stereotypes than adults. She will be speaking about World Vision’s work with faith actors to fight gender-based violence and violence against children at the forum.

Gender inequality is recognized as one of the most powerful drivers of children’s vulnerability in all contexts.

Gender inequity and gender-based violence are hampering both, human rights realization and economic growth worldwide, but especially in the Middle East and Eastern Europe (MEER), with sobering statistics on femicide, violence against women and gender-based discrimination.

Adela and her family left Sarajevo after more than eleven months of living in the city’s shelters, unaware that she would only return after ten years. “I took only two things, my dog and a diary of all my teenage memories of a peaceful Bosnia.”

Floods in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Climate change poses a significant threat to global socioecological systems. Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) faces intensifying climate challenges, including rising temperatures and extreme weather events. Young people will bear the brunt of the changing climate. This research aims to explore how children and young people in BiH conceptualize environmental knowledge.

We have been working in the Middle East and Eastern Europe for more than 45 years