2023-08-20 10:00:00
Children’s Day that is celebrated this Sunday, August 20, is a special date for each family to recognize the valuable importance of childhood and also of rights that girls and boys have been conquering in recent years.
Year after year, Children’s Day is celebrated, which offers the opportunity to “pamper” the little ones and also to reflect on the appropriate conditions for children to grow up healthy, happy and able to fully enjoy their basic rights.
The recognition of the rights of girls and boys It is the result of legislation that has been developed for decades in different parts of the world. Its origin dates back to international treaty adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on November 20, 1989, which received the name of Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)a document that recognizes all persons under the age of 18 as full subjects.
throughout their 54 articles, are defined basic human rights which children and adolescents enjoy, and there the best interests of children, the right to life, survival and development, the participation of children and non-discrimination are considered.
With the accession of 190 countries (with the exception of the United States) it is established that the States that ratify said treaty must obligatorily ensure that all minors under 18 years of age enjoy the exercise of the rights contained in it without distinction of race, color, language, birth or any other condition of the child, their parents or their legal representatives.
Argentina ratified the CRC in 1990 and in 1994 went a step further, granting it constitutional status after the Pact of Olivos. In turn, Law 26,061, on Comprehensive Protection of the Rights of Girls, Boys and Adolescents, enacted in 2005, establishes the mandatory application of the Convention.
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The head of the National Secretariat for Children, Adolescents and Family (SENAF), Gabriel Lernerspoke with the news agency telam and remarked that “Children’s Day is a time for us adults to put our energies into ensuring that boys and girls have moments of enjoyment.”
“It is also an opportunity to reflect on and make visible the issues related to childhood, for this reason, in the first celebration of this day in our administration, we generated consensus with public organizations, children’s organizations and also with girls and boys, to change the traditional name “Children’s Day” for “Children’s Day”, so that the different ways of living this very special stage would be represented,” the official pointed out.
On the other hand, several girls and boys from different provinces spoke with said agency and recognized among their basic rights the power to to say “no”, to have a document, their own language, to be treated well, to feed themselves, to be educated, to play freely and to have a family Express support and affection at all times.
An 11-year-old boy from Mar del Plata, named Ignacio Heit Astaita, told the agency that “Children’s Day exists because we are all having a childhood and it represents us.”
“Our rights are to study so that one day we can get a job, have a family that loves us and helps us in our problems. Being able to have a plate of food, because there are many kids who don’t have enough to eat, play, have friends and have fun,” said Ignacio, a student at the Juan Gutenberg school in the San Carlos neighborhood.
Delfina, a 15-year-old teenager who lives in the Buenos Aires town of Ituzaingó, affirmed that Children’s Day is commemorated “to remember that we are people, that we have rights just like the elderly, but adapted to our age“.
A 7-year-old girl from Santiago who loves to dance, Pia Galeano, recognized that “it is a very beautiful day for boys and girls to be happy and share with their families.”
“We all have the right to play, to have a good time with the family, to study, to have a house and also to be taken care of when you are sick.“added the young woman.
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