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From across the region

Globally, the total number of girls married in childhood is estimated at 12 million per year.

News note

11 February 2019

Fast Facts: 10 facts illustrating why we must #EndChildMarriage

A young girl in front of her tent outside the Reception and Identification Centre in Moria in Lesvos, on December 15, 2018.

Press release

18 January 2019

Vital protection for refugee and migrant children making perilous sea journeys to Europe urgently needed

Fush Kosovo, one of the poorest suburb of Pristina, the capital. Mendo Bajrami is 11 year old and lives in a neighborhood associated by 3 communities.

Press release

14 February 2019

UNHCR and UNICEF urge action in Europe to end childhood statelessness

The author, Sandra Kebede at Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany.

Blog post

To be or not to be

My immigrant parents’ wildest dreams

A boy is vaccinated in the town of Strehaia, Southwestern Romania. Children were recently vaccinated during a door-to-door information and vaccination catch up campaign organized by the Ministry of Health with support from UNICEF and the World Health Organization.

Article

Protecting children against measles in Romania

UNICEF helps educate vulnerable families on the life-saving benefits of immunizing their children

On 23 September 2018 in Ukraine, Masha Khromchenko, 11, stands in the kindergarten class room that took a direct hit from a shell Novotoshkivske in the Luhansk region. The shell caused massive damage to the facility and surrounding residential area.

Press release

27 January 2019

UNICEF appeals for $3.9 billion in emergency assistance for 41 million children affected by conflict or disaster

Our work

A boy carrying his belongings in a large cloth bag over his shoulder is among people walking on railway tracks to cross from the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia into Serbia.

Protecting refugee and migrant children

Ina Morhun, 5, and her sister Lyuda, 3, sit on a sofa at their home as their mother Iryna holds baby Vika, 1.5, in the city of Toretsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine

Supporting children caught in conflict in Ukraine

A young child holds a little soft toy in her mouth while an older relative gives her a hug and kiss.

Healthy early childhood development

11-year-old Ajsa is photographed in front of a laptop, with her head in her hands.

Ending violence against children