- Every year on November 7, Child Protection Day is observed to raise awareness about the need to safeguard infants.
- The purpose of the day is to increase awareness of the difficulties that newborns experience and the need of protecting their safety and wellbeing.
- The occasion serves as a reminder of the vulnerabilities that young children and babies confront as well as the critical role that society plays in securing their future.
- ‘Ensuring the right of every child to thrive’ is the theme for 2023’s “This Day.”
- In 1990, European nations initiated Child Protection Day.