Children

Ani's 19-year-old son was killed in 2020 during the Second Karabakh War and the 48-year-old has been dreaming of having another boy. In 2022 Armenia registered a high sex imbalance; experts maintain that the war and the country's fragile security situation may have triggered an increase of sex selection at birth. © Armine Avetisyan

Post-War Trauma Prompts Armenia’s Sex Imbalance

Experts note that the conflict and still-volatile security may be behind the rise of a skewed ratio between boys and girls.

22 Jun 23

"This Camp is Uninhabitable"

Displaced people struggle with access to basic utilities as they wait for permanent solution.

14 Jun 23

Cancer Patient Denied Treatment

Boy waits for urgently-needed chemotherapy as border crossing with Turkey remains closed.

1 Jun 23

Helping Children Heal

Psychological support essential to process the trauma of living through a natural disaster.

4 May 23

Shelter Centre

A woman in the Idlib countryside shares her experience of living in a tent, unable to send her children to school.

24 Apr 23

A Survivor From the Rubble

A 16-year-old boy in southern Aleppo describes how he lost his family in the earthquake.

24 Apr 23

Ukraine: Deporting Children, a War Crime

Kyiv estimates that hundreds of thousands may have been taken to Russia, in some cases forcibly adopted.

30 Mar 23

International criminal court issues arrest warrant for Russia's president, Vladimir Putin. © Sergey Guneev - Host Photo Agency via Getty Images

Putin Warrant Marks a Milestone

There can be no sustainable peace without a definitive confirmation of right and wrong.

17 Mar 23

A woman holds her child in the remote village of Burog, in Bamban, Tarlac province, Philippines. © Ezra Acayan/Getty Images

Philippines: Single Mothers Continue to Fight Stigma

The notion of family is still strongly influenced by rigid norms in this conservative nation.

8 Mar 23

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.