Happy Children’s Day around the world!
First proclaimed in 1925 at the World Conference for the Well-being of Children, this holiday is celebrated around the world on various dates.
“
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow”
Children’s Day is an international celebration intended to bring nations together to promote child welfare.
Its origins can be traced all the way back to Reverend Dr
Charles Leonard, pastor of the Universalist Church of the Redeemer in
Chelsea, Massachusetts, who gave a service dedicated to childhood
innocence in June 1856. His sermon was so popular that it gave rise to
an annual tradition known as Rose Day, later rechristened Flower Day.
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History
Children's Day began on the second Sunday of June in 1857 by Reverend
Dr. Charles Leonard, pastor of the Universalist Church of the Redeemer
in Chelsea, Massachusetts:
Leonard held a special service dedicated to, and for the children.
Leonard named the day Rose Day, though it was later named Flower Sunday,
and then named Children's Day.
Children's Day was first officially declared a national holiday by the Republic of Turkey
in 1920 with the set date of 23 April. Children's Day has been
celebrated nationally since 1920 with the government and the newspapers
of the time declaring it a day for the children. However, it was decided
that an official confirmation was needed to clarify and justify this
celebration and the official declaration was made nationally in 1929 by
the founder and the President of the Republic of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
The International Day for Protection of Children is observed in
many countries as Children's Day on 1 June since 1950. It was
established by the Women's International Democratic Federation on its congress in Moscow (4 November 1949).[citation needed] Major global variants include a Universal Children's Holiday on 20 November, by United Nations recommendation.
Even though Children's Day is celebrated globally by most of the countries in the world (almost 50) on 1 June,
Universal Children's Day takes place annually on 20 November.
First proclaimed by the United Kingdom in 1954, it was established to
encourage all countries to institute a day, firstly to promote mutual
exchange and understanding among children and secondly to initiate
action to benefit and promote the welfare of the world's children.
That is observed to promote the objectives outlined in the
Charter and for the welfare of children. On 20 November 1959, the
United Nations adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child. The United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child on 20 November 1989 and can be found on the Council of Europe website.
In 2000, the Millennium Development Goals outlined by world
leaders to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS by 2015. Albeit this applies to
all people, the primary objective is concerning children.
UNICEF is dedicated to meeting the six of eight goals that apply to the
needs of children so that they are all entitled to fundamental rights
written in the 1989 international human rights treaty.
UNICEF delivers vaccines, works with policymakers for good health care
and education and works exclusively to help children and protect their
rights.
In September 2012, the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of the United Nations led the initiative for the education of children. He firstly wants every child to be able to attend school, a goal by 2015. Secondly, to improve the skill set acquired in these schools. Finally, implementing policies regarding education to promote peace, respect, and environmental concern.
Universal Children's Day is not just a day to celebrate children for who
they are, but to bring awareness to children around the globe that have
experienced violence in forms of abuse, exploitation, and
discrimination. Children are used as laborers in some countries,
immersed in armed conflict, living on the streets, suffering by
differences be it religion, minority issues, or disabilities.
Children feeling the effects of war can be displaced because of the
armed conflict and may suffer physical and psychological trauma. The following violations are described in the term "children and armed conflict": recruitment and child soldiers,
killing/maiming of children, abduction of children, attacks on
schools/hospitals and not allowing humanitarian access to children. Currently, there are about 153 million children between the ages of 5 and 14 who are forced into child labor. The International Labor Organization in 1999 adopted the Prohibition and Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor including slavery, child prostitution, and child pornography.
A summary of the rights under the Convention on the Rights of the Child can be found on the UNICEF website.
Canada co-chaired the World Summit for children in 1990, and in
2002 the United Nations reaffirmed the commitment to complete the agenda
of the 1990 World Summit. This added to the UN Secretary-General's
report We the Children: End-of Decade review of the follow-up to the World Summit for Children.
The United Nations children's agency released a study referencing the population increase of children will make up 90 percent of the next billion people.
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