UNICEF Europe and Central Asia

From across the region

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

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Media Advisory

18 November 2019

Acropolis of Athens to be lit in colour, for first time ever, as reminder to protect children’s rights

Maria Alexandrova at her apartment building in Dabnika district of Vratsa.

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Maria in Bulgaria, Advocate for inclusive education

How one teenager changed exam rules

Children from the local underprivileged Roma community playing in the streets of their community in the town of Shumen, Northern Bulgaria. UNICEF supports families at risk through the work of mobile units composed by social workers.

Press release

15 November 2019

30 years of child rights: Historic gains and undeniable achievements, but little progress for the world’s poorest children - UNICEF

Ibrahim Kondeh, a 20-year-old from Sierra Leone, stands outside the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna in Rome

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Ibrahim Kondeh, advocate for migrant youth in Italy

From Sierra Leone to Italy: a personal diary shows what it means to be a young migrant

Children smile to the camera after finishing the first school day of the year in a Temporary Education Center in Adana's Yuregir district

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World Children’s Day in Europe and Central Asia

A global day of action for child rights

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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