Children

Uzbekistan’s main HIV/AIDS centre in Tashkent. (Photo: IWPR)

Uzbekistan’s main HIV/AIDS centre in Tashkent. (Photo: IWPR)

Uzbekistan: No Place for Children With HIV

21 Nov 12

Human rights defender Yelena Urlaeva outside the chief prosecutor’s office in Tashkent, holding up a sign calling for an end to child labour on cotton plantations in Uzbekistan. (Photo: Human Rights Alliance of Uzbekistan)

Human rights defender Yelena Urlaeva outside the chief prosecutor’s office in Tashkent, holding up a sign calling for an end to child labour on cotton plantations in Uzbekistan. (Photo: Human Rights Alliance of Uzbekistan)

Unwilling Cotton Harvesters in Uzbekistan

13 Oct 12

IWPR Coverage Brings Help to Ugandan Street Children

Headmistress offers boys bursary after hearing of their plight on Facing Justice radio programme.

13 Jul 12

Afghanistan: "I Was Not Born a Slave"

IWPR investigation reveals children trapped in unending bonded labour to pay off loans.

23 May 12

Police station in Gulu. Law-enforcement officers in northern Uganda struggle to fulfil their child protection role. (Photo: Simon Jennings)

Police station in Gulu. Law-enforcement officers in northern Uganda struggle to fulfil their child protection role. (Photo: Simon Jennings)

Battle for Child Welfare in Northern Uganda

Widespread concerns that under-resourced local government and police are not doing enough on child protection.

3 May 12

Battle for Child Welfare in Northern Uganda

Widespread concerns that under-resourced local government and police are not doing enough on child protection.

30 Apr 12

This hostel, where Gayane, her husband and eight children live, is typical of the substandard accommodation that many impoverished Armenians have to make do with. (Photo: Nazik Armenakyan)

This hostel, where Gayane, her husband and eight children live, is typical of the substandard accommodation that many impoverished Armenians have to make do with. (Photo: Nazik Armenakyan)

Armenia: Large Families Hardest Hit by Poverty

Benefits fail to provide safety-net for all vulnerable families, UN officer says.

5 Apr 12

Darina Seitova supports her family by begging. (Photo: Shorena Latatia)

Darina Seitova supports her family by begging. (Photo: Shorena Latatia)

IWPR Story Prompts Help for Gypsies in Tbilisi

Work under way to issue identification papers allowing access to public services.

14 Feb 12

Afghan Children Ensnared in Heroin Trade With Iran

Smuggling endemic in western district, and children used as mules despite risk of poisoning and arrest.

10 Feb 12

Kyrgyz Children's Homes Struggle to Find Adoptive Parents

26 Oct 11

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