Children's Rights Week
The City of Vantaa participates in celebrating Children’s Rights Week on November 17–23, 2025. All the children have the right to connect with their community and society, and the right to be heard. During the week, Vantaa arranges myriad programs and events, targeted at children, the young, and families.
Children’s Rights Week is celebrated every year in November, around the international Children’s Rights Day. The City of Vantaa participates in celebrating Children’s Rights Week on November 17–23, 2025.
This year's theme – every child's right to belong – has two meanings. All the children have the right to connect with their community and society, and they also have the right to be not only seen but also heard.
During the week, Vantaa will host a wide range of programs and events for children, young people, and families.
Children's Rights Week in Vantaa
During the week, Vantaa arranges myriad programs and events, targeted at children, the young, and families.
Children and the young can participate in the events, for example, in daycare centers, schools, youth centers, libraries, and children’s cultural centers.
On Children’s Rights Day, November 20, children and the mayor of Vantaa will together raise the flag in front of City Hall.
The City of Vantaa will also participate in the Lapset mukaan töihin (“Children’s Day at Work”), which takes place on November 21, 2025. Read more about the subject: Children's Day at Work - Lapsenoikeudet.fi
Participate in Children’s Rights Week activities!
Vantaa challenges everybody to participate in celebrating Children's Rights Week!
The aim of the children's rights week is to increase information and understanding of the United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of the Child. Read more about the children’s rights week.
Vantaa is a child-friendly city
The City of Vantaa is one of UNICEF’s Child Friendly Cities.
The Child Friendly City model helps municipalities to make right solutions—from the perspective of children—in municipal administration and services, as well as in the everyday lives of children. The model is based on the United Nations’ (UN) Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Read more about children’s rights, as well as on Child Friendly City work here in Vantaa.
