Child protection

A conflict-affected girl takes part in a celebration of the International Children's Day in Svyatohirsk, eastern Ukraine. The event was organized by the Community Protection Centre supported by UNICEF.

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Read how we are strengthening child protection systems to safeguard children and their families.

04/10/2017

A 17-year-old boy hangs onto a fence at a detention centre where he has spent the last 19 months. He is only half way through his sentence.

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Access to justice

Read how we advocate for justice and welfare systems that meet children's needs.

04/10/2017

The Markovic family wash their children in a bath at their home in Bac, Serbia.

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Keeping families together

Read how we are working to keep children and their family together.

04/10/2017

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

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Protecting children from violence

Read how we protect children again violence, including online abuse, in the region.

04/10/2017

Timur sits on a swing in the yard of the Center for Social and Legal Aid to Minors in Uzbekistan’s capital city Tashkent.

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The boy who lived at the hospital

In Uzbekistan, Timur finally finds support after being left alone due to migration and tragedy

24/05/2019

Yerbol, 10 years old, outside of his house in Shymkent, South Kazakhstan with his brother and mother.

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Stateless in Kazakhstan: Yerbol’s story

European Union supported programme ensuring every child has a legal identity

27/03/2019

Fatou Sanneh (17) behind the coffee bar at the café where she works in Palermo, Italy.

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Recipes for success

Young refugees and migrants embrace and enrich Italian food culture

25/03/2019

(Centre) Karam Raslan, 5, paints with other children at the Four Seasons Kindergarten, a private kindergarten that does not charge students in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday 6 September 2017.

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Best practices: protection of children affected by migration

Building on promising practices to protect children affected by migration across the European Union

06/02/2019

Jeta, 24, prepares her daughter Fabliona, 4, for the kindergarten, in the apartment she rents in Tirana, Albania, on June 7, 2018.

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Finding peace after years of domestic violence

‘House of Colours’ in Albania protects children and women from abuse

07/12/2018

Aneta and Jan holding two of the boys they fostered.

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Foster parents welcome three boys into their home and hearts

The joy of providing a loving family in Croatia

04/12/2018

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