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
- Celebrate Your Name Week - first full week in March
- Fix a Leak Week - March[38]
- World Immunization Week - last week of April
- Vaccination Week In The Americas - last week of April[39]
- National Dairy Goat Awareness Week (US) - from the second Saturday to the third Saturday of June
- Gifted Awareness Week in New Zealand - the full week including George Parkyn's birthday, 17 June
- Idiopathic Hypersomnia Awareness Week - [40] worldwide event designed to raise awareness and educate the community about the rare neurological sleep disorder idiopathic hypersomnia; first week in September
- Mental Illness Awareness Week - 5–11 October 2008
- Free Speech Week - third full week in October in the United States
- National Map Reading Week - educational campaign to increase awareness of map skills; third full week in October
- OCDAction - week of Action 15–19 February; raising awareness of obsessive compulsive disorder in the UK[41]
- Public Service Recognition Week - 1–7 May [42]
- Mental Health Awareness Week - 8–14 May[43]
Months
- Cholangiocarcinoma Awareness Month - February[44]
- National Athletic Training Month - March [45]
- Mathematics Awareness Month - April[46]
- Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month - April[47]
- Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) - April[48]
- Spondylitis Awareness Month - April[49]
- Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month (Australia and US) - May[50]
- National Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness & Prevention Month[51]
- Spina Bifida Awareness Month - October[52]
- Blindness Awareness Month - October [53]
- National Sickle Cell Awareness Month - September
- Life Insurance Awareness Month (US) - September[54]
- Adoption Awareness Month - November[55]
- Novel Writing Month - November
- Mouth Cancer Awareness Month - November[56]
See also
- List of commemorative days
- List of commemorative months
- List of environmental dates
- List of international observances
- List of unofficial observances by date
- List of vegetarian festivals
References
- 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
- ↑ 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...
- ↑ "Many Faces of Moebius Syndrome".
- ↑ 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
- ↑ http://worldhijabday.com/
- ↑ http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/awareness/awareness-dates.php
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ http://www.scout.org/en
- ↑ http://www.worldthinkingday.org/en/home
- ↑ "Anosmia Awareness Day".
- ↑ "Rare Disease Day ® 2013". Retrieved 2013-02-10.
- ↑ http://aids.gov/news-and-events/awareness-days/
- ↑ "World Oral Health Day". FDI.
- ↑ Misener, Dan (29 March 2016). "World Backup Day highlights importance of protecting data". CBC News. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
- ↑ "Bohring-Opitz Syndrome Awareness Day April 6th".
- ↑ "National Healthcare Decisions Day". Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- ↑ http://www.comomeningitis.org/news-and-events/world-meningitis-day/wmd-2017/
- ↑ http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/security/a10506/its-world-password-day-so-change-your-passwords-already-16769886/
- ↑ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jessica-gimeno/asian-american-mental-ill_b_9864842.html
- ↑ http://www.blueconemonochromacy.org/
- ↑ World Population Day
- ↑ "Colour Blind Awareness Day | In the Dark". telescoper.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
- ↑ "Home". RUOK? Day. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
- ↑ "National Quiet Day".
- ↑ "World Skyscraper Day".
- ↑ "Self-Represented Litigant Awareness Day".
- ↑ "Bisexual Visibility Day".
- ↑ "World Contraception Day".
- ↑ "World Rabies Day | Global Alliance for Rabies Control". rabiesalliance.org. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
- ↑ "Survivors challenge legislators on International Day of No Prostitution". Alliance of Progressive Labor. October 5, 2004. Retrieved July 26, 2013.
- ↑ "November 10: World Keratoconus Day". Keratoconus Group.
- ↑ "What is World KC Day?". World KC Day. 30 September 2016.
- ↑ http://www.epa.gov/watersense/our_water/fix_a_leak.html
- ↑ "Vaccination Week In The Americas (2009 portal)". Pan American Health Organization. 2009. Archived from the original on 30 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-29.
- ↑ Idiopathic Hypersomnia Awareness Week
- ↑ http://www.ocdaction.org.uk
- ↑ http://publicservicerecognitionweek.org
- ↑ "Mental Health Awareness Week | Mental Health Foundation". www.mentalhealth.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-09-23.
- ↑ http://worldcholangiocarcinomaday.org/
- ↑ "National Athletic Training Month". National Athletic Trainers Association. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
- ↑ http://www.mathaware.org/index.html
- ↑ http://www.aspca.org/about-us/aspca-april/
- ↑ http://www.nsvrc.org/saam/sexual-assault-awareness-month-home
- ↑ http://www.spondylitis.org/main.aspx
- ↑ http://www.cff.org/GetInvolved/CFAwareness/
- ↑ NCCAPM
- ↑ http://www.keanxchange.com/content/community/october-spina-bifida-awareness-month
- ↑ "Opening Eyes During Blindness Awareness Month - Eye on the Cure". www.blindness.org.
- ↑ "Introduction | Life Happens". Life Happens | The Life and Health Insurance Foundation for Education (LIFE). Retrieved 2015-10-12.
- ↑ http://national-adoption-month.adoption.com/
- ↑ "Mouth Cancer Awareness Month".
External links
- United Nations observances calendar
- National Health Observances (NHO) United States
- Awareness calendar - comprehensive listing of awareness observances
- UK awareness days calendar
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