Children

Georgia and Armenia are two of the few countries where commercial surrogacy is legal, allowing a woman to be paid to carry someone else’s genetic child through IVF and embryo-transfer. © Gvantsa Seturidze

Surrogacy on the Rise in the South Caucasus

As the practice thrives, experts warn that oversight is crucial to ensure protection and prevent exploitation.

8 Mar 23

Ukraine: War Teens

The lives of hundreds of thousands of young people have been shaped by Russia’s confrontation with Ukraine.

27 Feb 23

Schools Struggle in Armenia’s Border Villages

Fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan has affected thousands of children’s right to learn.

1 Dec 22

Ukraine: Bulletproof Vests for Children

Mini-kits intended to keep kids safe on the frontline.

21 Nov 22

Babies from the Regional Orphanage 3 in the city of Kharkiv being evacuated to the west of the country. © Kostiantyn Zemlianskyi, Executive Director of the Kharkiv Regional Orphanage 3.

How War Trapped Ukrainian Orphans

More than 100,000 children in Ukraine live in the care system, the highest number in Europe.

15 Oct 22

Armenia's Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs in Yerevan. The Ministry has been actively working in recent years to create a foster care institution: child care and protection centers are being liquidated, and with the funds raised, the crisis centers of child care and the number of foster families are increasing, both in the capital and in the regions.

Armenia’s Growing Foster Families

Ministry of labour and social affairs promotes alternative to placing vulnerable young people in orphanages or children’s homes.

20 May 22

A distraught family at Lviv train station. © Oleksandr Solonenko

Ukraine: The Trauma of War

Experts warn children are experiencing huge psychological distress as a result of the conflict.

28 Apr 22

An elementary school in Armenia's Syunik province. Parents shoulder a significant burden to ensure that their children receive proper schooling, with some experts assessing that a third of the average Armenian household expenditure was on education-related costs. © Mania Israyelyan

Armenia’s Education Gap

Parents are forced to shoulder a significant burden to ensure that their children receive proper schooling.

24 Mar 22

Alarm Raised Over Child Suicide in Kyrgyzstan

The problem predates the pandemic, but coronavirus restrictions have exacerbated it.

22 Dec 21

Azerbaijan’s Children Let Down by Online Learning

Inadequate infrastructure and miscommunication have dogged more than a year of remote schooling.

18 Mar 21

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