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3-year-old Isabella plays on stairs at a Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵICEF-supported child development center in Ecuador.
Three-year-old Isabella Gunsha plays on the stairs at the Wawa Wasi Municipal Child Development Center in Riobamba, Ecuador, which receives Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵICEF support to improve water, sanitation, and hygiene services.
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My day, my rights

World Children¡¯s Day is Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵICEF¡¯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. 

 

Listen to the future. Stand up for children¡¯s rights.

 

is Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵICEF¡¯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 futures, and their rights.

All children have a right to be heard and to be involved in the decisions that affect them.

The choices being made today ¨C as conflicts, climate shocks and inequality mount ¨C will shape the future for every child.

!& Let¡¯s amplify children¡¯s voices, stand up for their rights, and choose a future for children

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 Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ. 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£ºInternational Day of Women and Girls in Science 

4 June:  

12 June: 

25 July£ºInternational 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

an abstract illustration of people engaged in an event

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 Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ has embraced them as a powerful advocacy tool. We also mark other Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ observances.