Universal Children’s Day is observed every year on 20 November to promote international togetherness, awareness among children worldwide, and improving children’s welfare. Children are most fragile element of society who are to be moulded and shaped with extreme care. In case of minor changes, their life changes drastically and so the shape of the society. The day is observed to ensure very child is taken care well.
In order to improve awareness in the society, UN observes numerous day which are primarily related to children welfare and their greater care. UN observes 4 June as “International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression”, 12 June as “World Day Against Child Labour”, 12 August as “International Youth Day” and 11 October as “International Day of the Girl Child.”
Universal Children’s Day is observed to enhance awareness of public to promote international togetherness, and awareness among children worldwide, and to improve children’s welfare. The theme of Universal Children’s Day 2021 is “A Better Future for Every Child”.
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History of Universal Children’s Day
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, and awareness among children worldwide, and to improve 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.
