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Children and young people are powerful agents of change, bringing new ideas and perspectives that can help shape a better world for all of us.
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This World Children’s Day, let us listen to children. And let us amplify their voices as they stand up for their rights.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres

My day, my rights

World Children’s Day is UNICEF’s global day of action for children, by children, marking the adoption of the  on November 20. Around the world, children are standing up and talking about their lives, their hopes, and their rights. 

From the moment the sun rises, children wake up to a world shaped by choices they didn't make. But every child, everywhere, also wakes with rights. Including the right to be protected, to learn, and to have their voice heard. 

It’s time to listen to children. To understand what their lives are like and how their rights are present, missing, or pursued every day. 

Join us! Let’s amplify children’s voices and stand up for the rights of every child. 

 

神马午夜福利网 to the future. Stand up for children’s rights.

is UNICEF’s global day of action for children, by children, marking the adoption of the .

Child rights are human rights. They are non-negotiable and universal. But in too many places today children’s rights are being misunderstood, disregarded or even denied and attacked.

Upholding children’s rights is the compass to a better world – today, tomorrow and into the future.

This World Children’s Day, join us and listen to the future.

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.

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Looking for inspiration? See the  from World Children’s Day last year

 

Children play in a slum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

In the aftermath of World War II, the plight of Europe’s children was grave, and a new agency created by the United Nations stepped in to provide food and clothing and health care to these children. In 1953,??became a permanent part of the UN. Today, the agency works in more than 190 countries and territories, focusing special effort on reaching the most vulnerable and excluded children, to the benefit of all children, everywhere.

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Related observances

11 February：International Day of Women and Girls in Science 

4 June:  

12 June: 

25 July：International Day for Women and Girls of African Descent 

12 August: 

11 October:  

18 November: World Day for the Prevention of and Healing from Child Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Violence

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International days and weeks are occasions to educate the public on issues of concern, to mobilize political will and resources to address global problems, and to celebrate and reinforce achievements of humanity. The existence of international days predates the establishment of the United Nations, but the UN has embraced them as a powerful advocacy tool. We also mark other UN observances.