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World Children's Day
20 November

For every child, every right.
World Children’s Day was first established in 1954 as Universal Children's Day and is celebrated on 20 November each year to promote international togetherness, awareness among children worldwide, and improving children's welfare.

November 20th is an important date as it is the date in 1959 when the UN General Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child. It is also the date in 1989 when the UN General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Since 1990, World Children's Day also marks the anniversary of the date that the UN General Assembly adopted both the Declaration and the Convention on children's rights.

Mothers and fathers, teachers, nurses and doctors, government leaders and civil society activists, religious and community elders, corporate moguls and media professionals, as well as young people and children themselves, can play an important part in making World Children's Day relevant for their societies, communities and nations.

World Children's Day offers each of us an inspirational entry-point to advocate, promote and celebrate children's rights, translating into dialogues and actions that will build a better world for children.
World Children’s Day (20 November) is a global day of action for children, by children, marking the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Child rights are human rights. But in too many places today children’s rights are being misunderstood, disregarded or denied and attacked. By listening to children we can fulfil their right to self-expression, understand their ideas for a better world and include their priorities in our actions today. Releasing on this year’s world Children’s Day, The State of the World’s Children 2024 will focus on future of childhood in a changing world.

By listening to children, we can fulfil their right to self-expression, understand their ideas for a better world and include their priorities in our actions today.