Armenia: Large Families Hardest Hit by Poverty
Benefits fail to provide safety-net for all vulnerable families, UN officer says.
5 Apr 12
Children
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
Report Assists Frenchwoman's Homecoming
IWPR story about her life in Azerbaijan helps bring about reunion in France with relatives she had not seen for over 60 years.
24 Oct 11
Report Spurs Review of Georgia Childcare Reform
IWPR story found that owing to hurried nature of changes, children’s conditions had often worsened.
21 Oct 11
Caucasus: Aug/Sep '11 Part III
Parliamentary committee takes fresh look at new fostering system.
14 Oct 11
South Caucasus: Selective Abortion Means Fewer Girls Born
Experts doubt whether legal ban on sex selection would curb preference for male children.
30 Sep 11
Armenian Officials Unresponsive on Children in Care Report
Officials silent on funding crisis facing children’s homes.
25 Aug 11
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