Headlines AfricaJun 26, 2025
Africa: 'A Moral Failure' - Security Council Hears About Grave Violations Against Children Caught in War: [UN News] When Sila, a young woman from Idlib in Syria, was three years-old, she woke up to missiles falling around her, forcing her and her family to flee their home. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TLYymv #Africa #ChildrenInWar #MoralFailure #UNSecurityCouncil #HumanRights
Mark R. StonemanOct 13, 2023
Heart-breaking drawing: "In art therapy classes, nine-year-old Camila drew her dream: her father coming back to earth as an angel to her and her mum. He was killed in combat with Russian forces defending Ukraine." (Patryk Jaracz)
Source: https://war.ukraine.ua/photos/?photo=48080
HT @EugeneMcParland
#Ukraine #UkraineRussiaWar #ChildrenInWar
Commissioner for Human RightsApr 5, 2023
Thank you
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SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict Virginia Gamba for an important exchange on topics of mutual interests relating to #ChildRights #ACTtoProtect #childreninwar
Mark R. StonemanJan 23, 2023
#ChildrenInWar #WarArt #KinderImKrieg #KriegsKunst #FreeTheLeopards #СлаваУкраїні
https://www.instagram.com/p/CnqzE-sOzMi/
Featuring Ukrainian Artists Worldwide on Instagram: "Ukrainian Children Displaced Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the children there are experiencing the devastating consequences of living in a war zone – the constant threat of shelling, shooting and losing loved ones, as well as the worry over accessing food, clean drinking water and healthcare, and the breakdown of their usual routines and structures. For many Ukrainian children, leaving their homes will also mean leaving their country. Displaced children, especially refugees, are more vulnerable to experiencing psychological issues. What Ukrainian children suffer; 1. In their native countries, many may have witnessed or experienced violence, torture and the loss of family and friends. 2. The journey to a country of refuge can also be a time of further stress. Refugee children may experience separation from their parents, either by accident or as a strategy to ensure their safety. 3. Integrating into a new society in a new country can be very stressful for kids. This period is being increasingly referred to as a period of “secondary trauma” to highlight the problems encountered. On arriving, a refugee child will need to settle into a new school and find a peer group. Refugee children suffer both from the effects of coming from a war zone and of adjusting to an unfamiliar culture. The stress also affect their families and the longer wars go on, the worse it is for children. The mental health impact of this is likely to have consequences for years to come. Art by @oksanadrachkovskaillustration"

Featuring Ukrainian Artists Worldwide shared a post on Instagram: "Ukrainian Children Displaced Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the children there are experiencing the devastating consequences of living in a war zone – the constant threat of shelling, shooting and losing loved ones, as well as the worry over accessing food, clean drinking water and healthcare, and the breakdown of their usual routines and structures. For many Ukrainian children, leaving their homes will also mean leaving their country. Displaced children, especially refugees, are more vulnerable to experiencing psychological issues. What Ukrainian children suffer; 1. In their native countries, many may have witnessed or experienced violence, torture and the loss of family and friends. 2. The journey to a country of refuge can also be a time of further stress. Refugee children may experience separation from their parents, either by accident or as a strategy to ensure their safety. 3. Integrating into a new society in a new country can be very stressful for kids. This period is being increasingly referred to as a period of “secondary trauma” to highlight the problems encountered. On arriving, a refugee child will need to settle into a new school and find a peer group. Refugee children suffer both from the effects of coming from a war zone and of adjusting to an unfamiliar culture. The stress also affect their families and the longer wars go on, the worse it is for children. The mental health impact of this is likely to have consequences for years to come. Art by @oksanadrachkovskaillustration". Follow their account to see 2671 posts.

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Mark R. StonemanDec 31, 2022
Online exhibit of photographs by five Ukrainian women from the first weeks of the war. (texts are in German) https://visual-history.de/2022/12/20/staerke-in-der-fremde-die-staerke-in-mir/
#RussianInvasionOfUkraine #Refugees #Ukraine #WomenInWar #ChildrenInWar #SlavaUkraini
PHOTO: woman with small child in a bunker in Kharkiv.
„Stärke in der Fremde – die Stärke in mir“

Fünf Frauen aus der Ukraine haben ihre Handy-Fotos aus den ersten Wochen des Russisch-Ukrainischen Krieges im Februar und März 2022 für eine Ausstellung nahe Berlin zur Verfügung gestellt.

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Mark R. StonemanDec 3, 2022

Posted by Oleksandra Matviichuk (avalaina) on Twitter today:

"Olga Zhuk writes that her son entered the bus, saw a defender, and sat next to him. Then he snuggled up and fell asleep. The defender asked Olga why her son was sleeping restlessly and wouldn't let go of his hand. She said that it started after the Russian attacks on Kyiv."

#ChildrenInWar #Kyiv #Ukraine

Tweet archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20221203093536/https://twitter.com/avalaina/status/1598959225069527040?s=61&t=724rMzHGaqUIX9fhzFOAmg

Oleksandra Matviichuk on Twitter

“Olga Zhuk writes that her son entered the bus, saw a defender, and sat next to him. Then he snuggled up and fell asleep. The defender asked Olga why her son was sleeping restlessly and wouldn't let go of his hand. She said that it started after the Russian attacks on Kyiv.”

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