World Vision Thailand is gearing up to celebrate World Children’s Day, which is observed annually on November 20th as designated by the United Nations. This day serves as a reminder of the importance of children’s rights and commemorates the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption of the Declaration of the Rights of the Child in 1954 and the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989, which aim to protect the rights of every child, everywhere.
According to the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child on February 12, 1992, Thailand has committed to protecting and caring for every child to the best of its ability and to ensure equity for all children.
As a Christian development and humanitarian organisation, with children at the heart of our ministry, we aim to empower every child and young person to reach their full potential. To celebrate this special day and raise awareness of children’s rights, World Vision Thailand conducted a workshop on ‘World Children’s Day – Investing in our future means investing in our children’ for all staff of World Vision Thailand.
“The workshop emphasised the role of all staff members as ‘children’s rights guardians’. All World Vision Thailand staff must have an understanding about the UN’s Covention on the Rights of the Child and be able to advocate for and protect children’s rights. All staff must understand that children have the right to survival, protection, development, and participation. At the end of the workshop, there was a group activity where participants exchanged ideas and brainstormed on how child rights are connected to their respective roles. Key questions to guide the brainstorming session included: Are there any risks of child rights violations in your work? How can you improve your work to hold accountability in children’s rights promotion?” Amonpajee Auppamai, Child Protection & Advocacy Advisor, World Vision Thailand, gave an overview of the workshop.
Because every child in the world is a ‘rights-holder’, they are born with fundamental human rights (the Convention on the Rights of the Child). Today, can we confidently say that all children have full access to their children’s rights and fundamental human rights they are entitled to from birth? As adults, when we think about and act for children, do we fully embrace our responsibility as the ‘guardian of children’s rights’?
