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Trinidad and To­ba­go joined the glob­al com­mu­ni­ty in ob­serv­ing World Chil­dren’s Day, fo­cus­ing on this year’s theme, “My Day, My Rights.” The day serves as a re­minder that every child car­ries in­her­ent dig­ni­ty, de­serves full pro­tec­tion, and has the right to ex­press their voice and shape their fu­ture.

On be­half of the Gov­ern­ment, Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar reaf­firmed her ad­min­is­tra­tion’s com­mit­ment to safe­guard­ing the well-be­ing, safe­ty, and de­vel­op­ment of every child. She quot­ed for­mer UN Sec­re­tary-Gen­er­al Kofi An­nan, say­ing: “There is no trust more sa­cred than the one the world holds with chil­dren,” and high­light­ed the na­tion’s du­ty to cre­ate an en­vi­ron­ment where chil­dren feel val­ued, sup­port­ed, and em­pow­ered to thrive.

Since re­turn­ing to gov­ern­ment in April 2025, the Prime Min­is­ter said her ad­min­is­tra­tion has tak­en steps to strength­en chil­dren’s rights and op­por­tu­ni­ties, in­clud­ing: