African Children's Day
On June 16, 1976, in the city of Soweto, South Africa, students and children were subjected to unfair education and apartheid system. In 1991, African Union member countries decided to celebrate June 16 as African Children's Day every year, in Ethiopia June 9 EC to remember the children who were brutally killed by the apartheid system. This year's African Children's Day was celebrated for the 34th time in Africa, and for the 33rd time in our country
The Central Ethiopia Region Women and Children Affairs Bureau celebrated by promoting children's rights on African Children's Day, supporting students who have dropped out of school due to man-made and natural causes in our country to return to school, conducting movement activities to establish a community day care centre, buying bonds in reference to the Nile Dam, and promote the savings culture of children. And by reuniting street children, strengthening children's voluntary services, and conducting a broad movement for children's rights, in the presence of various stakeholders in Wolkite city, as you see below.
International Children's Day
United Nations General Assembly November 20, 1989, based on the date of ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, November 11 EC is celebrated annually as International Children's Day.
In addition to this day being an international event where children's participation is enhanced, by raising the awareness of families and society about children's rights and safety, child treatment and welfare, by consulting and setting directions with the relevant parties to ensure that children are given special protection and attention as they need, and by setting directions for those who have been displaced from their areas and neighbourhoods due to natural disasters and civil conflicts in various areas. "Investing in our future means investing in our children." In our country, it is celebrated with the motto "Let's pass on love and virtue to today's children".
International Women's Day
March 8th is International Women's Day – a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women's equality.
Women's Day is celebrated on March 8 every year. Who started it anyway? Back in 1908, according to the European calendar, 15 thousand women went out to the public. In which country? In New York City, USA. What do you want? Good salary, good work place, good working conditions and working hours to be adjusted. Mainly, they took to the streets to demand that women be allowed to vote. Women could not vote or be elected in America. A year later, the Socialist Party of America named the day National Women's Day.
In this second year, a woman named Clara Zicton suggested that the holiday be celebrated not only in America, but all over the world. This happened at a conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. About 100 women from 17 countries attended. the assembly. They accepted Clare's suggestion. The following year, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Denmark began celebrating the holiday in earnest.
However, it started to be respected by the customer with an international content like the Europeans in 1975. This is after the United Nations declared the day as Women's Day.
Mother’s Day
A Mother is the female parent of a child. A woman may be considered a mother by virtue of having given birth, by raising a child who may or may not be her biological offspring, or by supplying her ovum for fertilisation in the case of gestational surrogacy.
Mother's Day is an annual holiday celebrated in the United States on the second Sunday in May. Mother's Day recognizes mothers, motherhood and maternal bonds in general, as well as their positive contributions to their families and society. Mother’s Day, holiday in honour of mothers that is celebrated in countries throughout the world. In its modern form the holiday originated in the United States, where it is observed on the second Sunday in May. Many other countries also celebrate the holiday on this date, while some mark the observance at other times of the year.
Father's Day
World Father's Day, also known as International Father’s Day, is a day dedicated to celebrating and honouring fathers and father figures worldwide. It is a time to recognize and appreciate the contributions, sacrifices, and love that fathers provide to their families and communities.
The concept of a global Father’s Day aims to promote the importance of fatherhood and the positive impact fathers have on their children's lives.
Father's Day is celebrated all around the world, even though it originated in the United States. Many countries celebrate it on the third Sunday in June, while others observe the holiday at different times of the year
Families Day
Family is considered as the basic unit of the society. It is where lay the foundation of well-rounded individual, then nurtured continuously in school. Family day reminds us all to focus our thoughts, energies and time to those closest to us – the members of our own families. Throughout our busy lives filled with learning, teaching and working it is easy to allow ourselves to lose sight of what should always be most important –our children, parents and other loved ones.