World Children's Day - November 20, 2025
Listen to children, stand up for the rights of every child, every day
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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. Around the world, children stand up and talk about their lives, their hopes, and their rights.
my day, my 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 up 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.
On World Children’s Day, we celebrate by giving children the stage: in the press, on radio stations, and on TV channels, as they take over and make their voices heard loud and clear.
We also invite teachers and students to be part of the World’s Largest Lesson (17–25 November), with a lesson plan is built around the theme "How to make every day World Children's Day", giving students the opportunity to understand the link between the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and global goals such as quality education, gender equality, reducing inequalities, and peace and justice.
Join us! Let’s amplify children’s voices and stand up for the rights of every child.
Ana Nava, 10, Venezuela
my day, my right to education
Darius, 10, Romania
my day, my right to inclusion
Noi, 12, Lao People's Democratic Republic
my day, my right to health
Listen to the children
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.
How you can get involved on World Children's Day
Take part in the #KidsTakeOver challenge
Companies can join us in celebrating World Children's Day by organizing a special day for employees' children, involving them in company activities, coloring company logos in blue on social media accounts or posting messages to mark the day.
TAG us on Instagram and Facebook on #WorldChildrensDay
Help your children know their rights.
Parents and caregivers can teach children about their rights as set out in the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Help children understand and know their rights, in age-appropriate language!
Join the World’s Largest Lesson to explore children’s rights and the Global Goals through fun, interactive activities.
Organize your own lesson when it goes online and inspire students to become changemakers!
Learn more about World Children's Day
Find answers to frequently asked questions about World Children’s Day
World Children’s Day is a global day of action for children, by children, marking the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).
On this day, UNICEF advocates and raises awareness to protect and fulfill the rights of every child, without discrimination.
World Children’s Day will take place on November 20, 2025. The date marks the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption of the Declaration of the Rights of the Child in 1959 as well as the Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in 1989.
This World Children's Day, we are giving the floor to children from around the world to talk about their lives, their rights and their wishes for every child.
World Children's Day is marked through a variety of events and activities focused on elevating children's voices and priorities.
On 20 November, UNICEF, partners, governments, businesses, parents, teachers and children around the world shine a light on children’s rights and call on world leaders to accelerate the actions needed to protect and fulfill the rights of every child, without discrimination.
On 20 November, UNICEF helps to organize kid's takeovers around the world. Children ‘take over’ high-visibility roles in media, politics, business, sport and entertainment to shine a spotlight on issues that matter to them and to have their voices heard.
Providing platforms for children to express their ideas and actions can inspire action towards a future where child rights are protected and fulfilled. Even the smallest voice can create the loudest echo of change.
Child rights are human rights. They are non-negotiable. But in too many places today children’s rights are being misunderstood, disregarded, or even denied and attacked. World leaders must uphold their obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child and respect, protect and fulfill the rights of every child, everywhere.
Investing in children today secures a better future for them, and us all.
World Children’s Day provides an opportunity to focus on the issues that matter most to children.
From Kiribati to India, Kenya to United States of America, countries around the world mark World Children’s Day. Each year, around 190 countries take part in UNICEF’s World Children’s Day activities.