July 2025

Poverty, not benefits: what really affects fertility in Ukraine

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Darya Kasyanova, head of the board of the Ukrainian Child Rights Network and a PhD in demography, sociology, economics and politics, told BBC Ukraine that she believes the increased payments will not significantly affect the birth rate.

"Still, now people think first of all about security, whether they can provide it to their own children. So I think it's more a matter of overcoming the very high poverty of families with children, child poverty,"...

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Return of childhood: how specialists meet children after the occupation

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After returning from the occupation, children often smile for the first time in a long time. But along with the smile, there is fear, anxiety and distrust. And it is at this moment that they are met by specialists who know how to be there for them without unnecessary words.

Natalia Humeniuk, a case manager at the Ukrainian Child Rights Network, is one of those who meet children immediately upon their return. She works with teenagers who were returned from...

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While their parents were waiting in line for water, the children disappeared from the shelters. They were taken away by the Russian military.

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This is not an exceptional story, but one of the documented cases of deportation of Ukrainian children, which Daria Kasyanova, Head of the Board of the Ukrainian Child Rights Network, tells in an interview with HotNews.ro.

During the talks in Istanbul, the Ukrainian side handed over a list of 339 children whose whereabouts have been confirmed. But there has been little progress in these negotiations: Russia has publicly stated that it is considering the...

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