🗨️ So I think, it's pretty sick, Israel - while #children in the Middle East are dying because of you, you celebrate the kids of murderers!
#warcrimes
Source: Knesset
MK Shitrit: “This week, #WorldChildrensDay is marked throughout the world, and we in Israel's Knesset have the privilege of marking the day in a special way, with children who almost never receive the platform they deserve—children of reservists and career officers.The State of Israel owes you thanks and recognition (,,)"
Quote from António Guterres (@antonioguterres):
Every child has the same rights, no matter who they are or where they live.
The future is defined by how we care for the next generation.
This #WorldChildrensDay, let’s listen to children, amplify their voices and unite to build a safe, equal world for every child.
Source: António Guterres (@antonioguterres)
[ https://x.com/antonioguterres/status/1991540528572424372 ]
The lights from the parlour and kitchen shone out
Through the blinds and the windows and bars;
And high overhead and all moving about,
There were thousands of millions of stars…
—Robert Louis Stevenson, “Escape at Bedtime”
from A CHILD’S GARDEN OF VERSES (1885)
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Childrensliterature #kidlit #childhood #children #19thcentury #Victorian #RobertLouisStevenson #WorldChildrensDay
See ma mammy
See ma dinner ticket
A pititnma
Pokit an she pititny
Washnmachine…
—Margaret Hamilton, “Lament for a Lost Dinner Ticket”
published in NEW POEMS 1972–73: a PEN anthology of contemporary poetry, ed. Douglas Dunn (Hutchinson, 1973)
https://www.scotslanguage.com/articles/node/id/21
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #childhood #children #Scots #Scotslanguage ##WorldChildrensDay
World Children’s Day isn’t just a date on the calendar.
It’s a reminder that every child deserves a real childhood: no war, no hunger, no violence, no fear of tomorrow.
📢 National Roundtable in Bucharest: Upholding Children’s Rights in the Digitalisation of Justice
On this year's #WorldChildrensDay, we’re sharing a milestone in our work to protect #childrights in #justicesystems.
👉 Learn more: https://www.penalreform.org/news/national-roundtable/
The role of a Panel Member is to listen and make legal decisions with and for infants, children and young people in Scotland. If you can show compassion, empathy, trust and are a good listener, could you join them? Applications for new Panel Members will open in early 2026.
#Scotland #childhood #children #volunteering #WorldChildrensDay
Trouble is not my middle name.
It is not what I am.
I was not born for this…
—Liz Lochhead, “Listen”
A poem written for the Children’s Panel, to encourage new voluntary members, 2012. Published in FUGITIVE COLOURS (Polygon, 2016)
https://birlinn.co.uk/product/fugitive-colours/
#Scottish #literature #childhood #children #poem #poetry #WorldChildrensDay
📣 Let children be heard!
On #WorldChildrensDay, we reaffirm our commitment to protecting every child’s rights — including their right to be heard.
That’s why we actively involve them in our decision-making process through the EU Children’s Participation Platform.
This initiative, part of the EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child, amplifies young voices and puts child-participation mechanisms into practice.
Susan Ville
Afghanistan 🇦🇫
WHO
Assoc for Scottish Literature
Human Rights Policy DAO
Penal Reform International
European Commission