Our world is grappling with multiple, intersecting crises: Violent conflicts, many of them years-long. Intensifying droughts, extreme weather and epidemics as climate change progresses unabated. Political and economic upheavals after two years of COVID-19.
LVIV, Ukraine/UNITED NATIONS, New York – When Viktoria Kravets, 17, woke up early on 24 February in her home in Ukraine, she knew something was terribly wrong. “I immediately saw a dozen notifications and thought that I was still asleep,” she recalled to UNFPA. “I lay in bed and couldn't understand what was going on. Our school lessons were suspended, and I sat at home flipping through the news with fear.”