CALENDAR

JANUARY

• 1st - Global Family Day
• 27th - International Holocaust Remembrance Day
• 30th - School Day of Non-Violence and Peace

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FEBRUARY

• 1st - Black History Month in the U.S. begins
• 4th - World Cancer Day
• 14th - VDay - Stop Violence Against Women and Girls
• 14th - Valentine's Day
• 20th - World Day of Social Justice
• 21st - International Mother Language Day
• 25th - Fair Trade Fortnight

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MARCH

• 3rd - Africa Environment Day
• 4th - World Book Day
• 5th - Test day
• 8th - International Women's Day
• 19th - Intercultural & anti-racism week
• 21st - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
• 22nd - World Water Day
• 23rd - World Meteorological Day
• 24th - World TB Day

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APRIL

• 1st - April Fools Day
• 7th - World Health Day
• 7th - Commemoration of the Rwandan Genocide
• 20th - Digital Detox Week begins
• 22nd - Earth Day
• 23rd - World book & Copyright Day
• 25th - World Malaria Day

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MAY

• 1st - May Day - Labour Day
• 3rd - World Press Freedom Day
• 5th - International Day of the Midwife
• 10th - Mother's Day
• 15th - International Day of Families
• 17th - World Information Society Day
• 21st - World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
• 22nd - International Day for Biological Diversity
• 25th - Africa Day
• 25th - Week of solidarity with the Peoples of All Colonial Territories Fighting for Freedom, Independence and Human Rights
• 29th - International Day of UN Peace Keepers
• 31st - World No-Tobacco Day

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JUNE

• 1st - International Children's Day
• 4th - International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
• 5th - World Environment Day
• 12th - World Day Against Child Labour
• 16th - Day of the African Child
• 17th - World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
• 20th - World Refugee Day
• 26th - International Day to Combat Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
• 26th - International day in support of Victims of Torture

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JULY

• 11th - World Population Day
• 18th - Mandela Day
• 31st - Pan African Women's Day

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AUGUST

• 1st - World Breastfeeding Week begins
• 9th - International Day of the Worlds Indigenous People
• 12th - International Youth Day
• 19th - World Humanitarian Day

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SEPTEMBER

• 5th - World First Aid Day
• 8th - International Literacy Day
• 9th - African Union Day
• 15th - International Day of Democracy
• 16th - International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
• 21st - International Day of Peace
• 21st - Irish Aid at the National Ploughing Championships (21st to 23rd)
• 25th - Pan-African Women's Day
• 27th - World Tourism Day

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OCTOBER

• 1st - Black History Month in the U.K. begins
• 1st - International Day of Older Persons
• 4th - World Animal Day
• 5th - World Teacher's Day
• 10th - World Day Against Death Penalty
• 16th - World Post Day
• 16th - World Food Day
• 17th - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
• 24th - United Nations Day
• 24th - World Development Information Day
• 24th - Disarmament Week begins

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NOVEMBER

• 16th - International Day for Tolerance
• 19th - International Men's Day
• 20th - Africa Industrialisation Day
• 20th - Universal Children's Day
• 21st - World Television Day
• 25th - International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
• 25th - 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence begins: November 25 - December 10
• 29th - International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

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DECEMBER

• 1st - World AIDS Day
• 2nd - International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
• 3rd - International Day of Disabled Persons
• 5th - International Volunteer day for Economic and Social Development
• 7th - International Civil Aviation Day
• 10th - Human Rights Day
• 18th - International Migrants Day
• 20th - International Human Solidarity Day