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 Convention on the Rights of the Child 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.
Listen to the future. Stand up for children’s rights.
World Children’s Day is UNICEF’s 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. 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.
Looking for inspiration? See the highlights from World Children’s Day last year
