List of awareness days

A national or international awareness day is a date usually set by a major organisation or government to commemorate a public health or ethical cause of importance on a national or international level.

Days

Day Name Notes
1 January Global Family Day[1]
11 January National Human Trafficking Awareness Day[2]
24 January Moebius Syndrome Awareness Day[3]
26 January International Customs Day[1]
27 January International Holocaust Remembrance Day[1]
27 January Family Literacy Day[4] Canada; national awareness initiative created by ABC Life Literacy Canada in 1999
31 January Street Children's Day#Street Children‘s Day
1 February World Hijab Day[5]
2 February Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Day[6]
4 February World Cancer Day
6 February International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation
8 February International Safer Internet Day
12 February Sexual and Reproductive Health Awareness Day Canadian Federation for Sexual Health[7]
12 February International Day of Women's Health Canadian Foundation for Women's Health[8]
12 February Red Hand Day Child Soldier Awareness
14 February Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day (Canada) Children's Heart Society[9]
14 February V-Day Global day to end violence against women
15 February International Childhood Cancer Day Childhood Cancer Foundation[10]
20 February World Day of Social Justice[11] Recognized by the UN
21 February International Mother Language Day[12] Recognized by the UN
21 February Global Information Governance Day
22 February Founders Day[13] Scouts' Day, Worldwide
22 February World Thinking Day[14]
27 February Anosmia Awareness Day[15]
29 February Rare Disease Day[16] Last day of February
1 March Pig day
1 March Self-Injury Awareness Day Also known as Self-Harm Awareness Day
8 March International Women's Day
10 March National Women and Girl's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day[17]
20 March World Oral Health Day[18] The most important day in dental calendar worldwide - ultimately organized by World Dental Federation (FDI)
21 March International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
21 March International Day of Forests
21 March Anal Cancer Awareness Day
21 March World Down Syndrome Day
22 March World Water Day
24 March World Tuberculosis Day
25 March EU Talent Day
26 March Purple Day for Epilepsy
31 March World Backup Day[19]
2 April World Autism Awareness Day
6 April World Bohring-Opitz Syndrome Awareness Day[20]
7 April World Health Day
12 April Equal Pay Day
16 April National Healthcare Decisions Day (US)[21]
16 April World Voice Day
19 April Bicycle Day
22 April Earth Day
24 April World Meningitis Day[22]
24 April Fashion Revolution Day
25 April Parental Alienation Awareness Day
29 April International Dance Day
4 May Star Wars Day
7 May World Password Day[23]
10 May Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Awareness Day[24]
17 May International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia
20 May Blue Cone Monochromacy International Awareness Day[25]
23 May World Turtle Day
25 May Towel Day
31 May World No Tobacco Day
5 June World Environment Day
20 June World Refugee Day
21 June International Yoga Day
24 June Take Your Dog to Work Day
2 July World UFO Day
11 July World Population Day[26]
28 July World Hepatitis Day
29 July International Tiger Day
12 August Youth Day
26 August Women's Equality Day
3rd Saturday of August National Honey Bee Day
6 September Colour Blindness Awareness Day[27]
9 September International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Awareness Day
10 September RUOK? Day Depression awareness and suicide prevention (Australia)[28]
12 September ATSEP Day Air Traffic Safety Electronics Personnel
14 September National Quiet Day (UK)[29]
11 September International Skyscraper Awareness Day (US)[30]
20 September Self-Represented Litigant Awareness Day[31]
23 September Celebrate Bisexuality Day[32] Also known as Bisexual Pride or Bisexual Visibility Day
25 September As You Wish Day
26 September World Contraception Day[33]
28 September World Rabies Day[34]
4 October eDay Electronic Waste Awareness Day (New Zealand)
5 October International Day of No Prostitution[35]
10 October World Mental Health Day
11 October International Day of the Girl Child
11 October National Coming Out Day
16 October World Food Day
October 12 World Sight Day
22 October International Stuttering Awareness Day
26 October Intersex Awareness Day
1 November International Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Awareness Day
8 November Intersex Day of Remembrance
9 November World Freedom Day
10 November World KC Day[36][37] Keratoconus awareness day
14 November World Diabetes Day
17 November World Pancreatic Cancer Day
17 November World Prematurity Day
19 November World Toilet Day
19 November International Men's Day
20 November Transgender Day of Remembrance
20 November Universal Children's Day
21 November World Television Day
25 November International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
29 November International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
30 November International Self Harm Awareness Day
1 December World AIDS Day
10 December Human Rights Day

Weeks

Months

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Disabled World News, 2011-04-30 - a list of US national or international awareness days, weeks, or months set by a major organization or government to commemorate a medical research or ethical cause of importance: http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/awareness/awareness-dates.php#ixzz2LlTfG9yB
  2. ↑ 110th Congress (2007) (Jun 22, 2007). "S. Con. Res. 40". Legislation. GovTrack.us. Retrieved January 11, 2012. A concurrent resolution supporting the goals and ideals of observing the National Day of Human...
  3. ↑ "Many Faces of Moebius Syndrome".
  4. ↑ Disabled World News, 2011-04-30 - a list of US national or international awareness days, weeks, or months set by a major organization or government to commemorate a medical research or ethical cause of importance: http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/awareness/awareness-dates.php#ixzz2LlW5imo2
  5. ↑ http://worldhijabday.com/
  6. ↑ http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/awareness/awareness-dates.php
  7. ↑ Disabled World News, 2011-04-30 - a list of US national or international awareness days, weeks, or months set by a major organization or government to commemorate a medical research or ethical cause of importance: http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/awareness/awareness-dates.php#ixzz2LlY8IChn
  8. ↑ Disabled World News, 2011-04-30 - a list of US national or international awareness days, weeks,or months set by a major organization or government to commemorate a medical research or ethical cause of importance: http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/awareness/awareness-dates.php#ixzz2LlYOaJ00
  9. ↑ Disabled World News, 2011-04-30 - a list of US national or international awareness days, weeks, or months set by a major organization or government to commemorate a medical research or ethical cause of importance: http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/awareness/awareness-dates.php#ixzz2LlYmgN00
  10. ↑ Disabled World News, 2011-04-30 - a list of US national or international awareness days, weeks, or months set by a major organization or government to commemorate a medical research or ethical cause of importance: http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/awareness/awareness-dates.php#ixzz2LlZAWfll
  11. ↑ Disabled World News 2011-04-30 - a list of US national or international awareness days, weeks, or months set by a major organization or government to commemorate a medical research or ethical cause of importance: http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/awareness/awareness-dates.php#ixzz2LlZcgWBm
  12. ↑ Disabled World News, 2011-04-30 - a list of US national or international awareness days, weeks, or months set by a major organization or government to commemorate a medical research or ethical cause of importance: http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/awareness/awareness-dates.php#ixzz2LlZqYnZ6
  13. ↑ http://www.scout.org/en
  14. ↑ http://www.worldthinkingday.org/en/home
  15. ↑ "Anosmia Awareness Day".
  16. ↑ "Rare Disease Day ® 2013". Retrieved 2013-02-10.
  17. ↑ http://aids.gov/news-and-events/awareness-days/
  18. ↑ "World Oral Health Day". FDI.
  19. ↑ Misener, Dan (29 March 2016). "World Backup Day highlights importance of protecting data". CBC News. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  20. ↑ "Bohring-Opitz Syndrome Awareness Day April 6th".
  21. ↑ "National Healthcare Decisions Day". Retrieved March 5, 2012.
  22. ↑ http://www.comomeningitis.org/news-and-events/world-meningitis-day/wmd-2017/
  23. ↑ http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/security/a10506/its-world-password-day-so-change-your-passwords-already-16769886/
  24. ↑ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jessica-gimeno/asian-american-mental-ill_b_9864842.html
  25. ↑ http://www.blueconemonochromacy.org/
  26. ↑ World Population Day
  27. ↑ "Colour Blind Awareness Day | In the Dark". telescoper.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
  28. ↑ "Home". RUOK? Day. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  29. ↑ "National Quiet Day".
  30. ↑ "World Skyscraper Day".
  31. ↑ "Self-Represented Litigant Awareness Day".
  32. ↑ "Bisexual Visibility Day".
  33. ↑ "World Contraception Day".
  34. ↑ "World Rabies Day | Global Alliance for Rabies Control". rabiesalliance.org. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
  35. ↑ "Survivors challenge legislators on International Day of No Prostitution". Alliance of Progressive Labor. October 5, 2004. Retrieved July 26, 2013.
  36. ↑ "November 10: World Keratoconus Day". Keratoconus Group.
  37. ↑ "What is World KC Day?". World KC Day. 30 September 2016.
  38. ↑ http://www.epa.gov/watersense/our_water/fix_a_leak.html
  39. ↑ "Vaccination Week In The Americas (2009 portal)". Pan American Health Organization. 2009. Archived from the original on 30 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-29.
  40. ↑ Idiopathic Hypersomnia Awareness Week
  41. ↑ http://www.ocdaction.org.uk
  42. ↑ http://publicservicerecognitionweek.org
  43. ↑ "Mental Health Awareness Week | Mental Health Foundation". www.mentalhealth.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-09-23.
  44. ↑ http://worldcholangiocarcinomaday.org/
  45. ↑ "National Athletic Training Month". National Athletic Trainers Association. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  46. ↑ http://www.mathaware.org/index.html
  47. ↑ http://www.aspca.org/about-us/aspca-april/
  48. ↑ http://www.nsvrc.org/saam/sexual-assault-awareness-month-home
  49. ↑ http://www.spondylitis.org/main.aspx
  50. ↑ http://www.cff.org/GetInvolved/CFAwareness/
  51. ↑ NCCAPM
  52. ↑ http://www.keanxchange.com/content/community/october-spina-bifida-awareness-month
  53. ↑ "Opening Eyes During Blindness Awareness Month - Eye on the Cure". www.blindness.org.
  54. ↑ "Introduction | Life Happens". Life Happens | The Life and Health Insurance Foundation for Education (LIFE). Retrieved 2015-10-12.
  55. ↑ http://national-adoption-month.adoption.com/
  56. ↑ "Mouth Cancer Awareness Month".

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