UNICEF Europe and Central Asia

From across the region

Grade eight students practice reading at secondary school

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1 in 3 adolescent girls has never been to school

UNICEF urges policy-makers to address ‘shameful’ disparities in public education spending

Mother holding a child

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A mother takes her case to Kyrgyzstan’s Supreme Court

UNICEF supported legal aid services help families access justice

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Unaccompanied refugee children share dreams and despair

New film reinforces calls to accelerate support for unaccompanied and separated refugee and migrant children in Europe

Baurzhan and his sister in during of walk near their school.

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Baurzhan, advocate for HIV-positive youth in Kazakhstan

Helping teenagers with HIV find their voice

Mariam Papoyan, 17, at the Republic Square, in Yerevan, Armenia.

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Mariam Papoyan, youth advocate for education

Mariam Papoyan, youth advocate for education

Ms Ervisa teaching language and composition to the children at the temporary learning classes.

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Alive and rising again

A teacher, whose life was upended by the Albania earthquake

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Omar (17), front, with his fellow housemates on the balcony at the reception centre where they stay in the small village of Naro, in Sicily, Italy

Protecting refugee and migrant children

Sonia, 14 remembers the teachers helping to her calm down.

Supporting children caught in conflict in Ukraine

A young child receives polio vaccine at the Kizil Oy Village Primary Health Clinic in Zomin district in Jizzakh region.

Ensuring all children receive life-saving vaccines

On 17 May 2018 in Belarus, three-year-old Agatha laughs with her mother, Ekaterina, at home in Minsk, the capital.

Ending institutionalization and keeping families together