The Kids Corner-For Adults:National Child's Day: November 20

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November 20th is a momentous date as it commemorates the date established in 1959 when the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child. It is furthermore the date in 1989 when the UN General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

National Children’s Day is a day to celebrate children and accept them for who they are, each child is unique and special, and to educate children about child's rights, in schools, and at home, child safety awareness is important.

Millions of children across the world have encountered being abused by violence, discrimination, and exploitation. Children are being used as workers in some countries, engaged in armed battles, victims of homelessness, and tortured due to  different beliefs, such as faith what is known as religion, disabilities, juvenility problems, and sexual abuse.

Statistics currently suggest, there are approximately 153 million juveniles, ages five to fourteen who are forced into child labor and other forms of child abuse.

written by Anita Johnson-Brown

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