children's rights

Air raid sirens have become the background sound of childhood in Ukraine. War has never been about headlines or statistics: for Ukrainian children it is the memories of missile attacks on their houses, schools and hospitals; weeks spent in basements without basic necessities; sudden unexplained destruction of their routine and education; urgent need to leave their homes; and for some interrogations at checkpoints, family separation, abduction, deportation and forcible transfer and the transformation of identity under Russian occupation. 

On the sidelines of the Future Summit at U.N. headquarters, Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska launched a high-level event titled "Securing the Future for Children: Addressing new Challenges for Soft Power" on Sept. 24.