Listen to the future – World Children's Day 2024
Highlights from around the world as children stood up for their rights and shared their ideas for a better world.
World Children’s Day is UNICEF’s annual day of action for children, by children, marking the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
In 2024, World Children's Day provided an opportunity to 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.
Explore highlights from UNICEF offices, partners and friends.
Listen to the future
Child rights under attack
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.
Meet the future
Children and young people are standing up for their rights. Meet nine UNICEF Youth Advocates and children's rights defenders who are driving change in their communities and get inspired by their stories.
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#KidsTakeover
Children stepped into high-visibility roles in media, politics, business, sports and entertainment to shine a spotlight on issues that matter to them and to have their voices heard.
Climate action for every child
The climate crisis is a child rights crisis. Across the world, children are demanding their right to a healthy future and planet.
Children across southern Africa came together to demand a better future
Children from seven nations—Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe—gathered to share their dreams, concerns, and solutions, urging leaders to prioritize their voices.
Children and world leaders
The future of childhood in a changing world
Launch of State of the World’s Children
UNICEF, in collaboration with the Dubai Future Foundation, held a landmark event at the Museum of the Future, marking World Children’s Day—the anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Going blue for child rights
Mental health support
In China, children shared what was on their minds, their hopes and their fears. Let's listen to every child's voice and support their mental health.
Friends and partners mark World Children's Day
Create the future
Children express their hopes and dreams for the future through art, song and dance.
In partnership with UNICEF and the Cité des Enfants, this project, spearheaded by UNICEF Mali child rights advocate Fatoumata Diawara features a host of talented young Malian artists coming together to champion the rights of all children, especially those with disabilities.
For every child, every right
For 35 years, the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) has helped to improve countless children’s lives. Upholding children’s rights is the compass to a better world – today, tomorrow and into the future.
