Why is Children’s Day celebrated on April 30?

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This Tuesday, April 30, ‘Children’s Day’ is celebrated in Mexico, so many educational institutions interrupted their daily activities to celebrate their students. While some teachers decided to celebrate this special date with parties, others encouraged the creativity of the minors by asking them to make ‘crazy’ hats or hairstyles.

‘The day of the boy and girl’ is commemorated in many parts of the country, many children even look forward to this date especially from their first years of life because of the pampering and recognition they receive from their different social circles. However, very few know why April 30 is celebrated and what its objective is.

Photographs of Mexican politicians when they were children. (Social networks)

The objective of ‘Children’s Day’ is to recognize children around the world as a vulnerable sector and exposed to various problems that occur in their environment. For this reason, children’s rights were established and governments have worked to raise awareness among adults about preserving the well-being of minors.

Its origin dates back to November 20, 1959, when the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) reaffirmed the universal rights of children. From that moment on, in several regions of the world that date was established as ‘Children’s Day’, however, each country had the opportunity to change it.

Such was the case of Mexico, because in 1942 the then president of Mexico, Álvaro Obregón, established April 30 as ‘Children’s Day’.

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The National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) recognizes these points provided for in the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States:

• Right to life, survival and development;
• Right of priority;
• Right to identity;
• Right to live as a family;
• Right to substantive equality;
• Right not to be discriminated against;
• Right to live in conditions of well-being and healthy integral development;
• Right to a life free of violence and personal integrity;
• Right to health protection and social security;
• Right to inclusion of girls, boys and adolescents with disabilities;
• Education rights;
• Right to rest and recreation;
• Right to freedom of ethical convictions, thought, conscience, religion and culture;
• Right to freedom of expression and access to information;
• Right of participation;
• Right of association and assembly;
• Right to privacy;
• Right to legal certainty and due process;
• Rights of migrant girls, boys and adolescents, and
• Right of access to information and communication technologies, as well as broadcasting and telecommunications services, including broadband and Internet.