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Posted on Feb 18, 2001 Updated on Feb 18, 2021

World Celebration Days:

January:

• 4^th January – World Braille Day
• 24 January – International Day of Education
• 27^th January – International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust

February:

• 1 – 7 February: Children’s mental health week
• 4^th February : Time to talk Day
• 6^th February – International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation
• 11^th February – International Day of Women and Girls in Science
• 20^th February – World Day of Social Justice
• 21^st February – International Mother Language Day (celebrating linguistic diversity)
• 22^nd February – Fairtrade Fortnight

March:

• 1^st March – Zero Discrimination Day
• 3^rd March – World Wildlife Day
• 4^th March – World Book Day
• 8^th March – International Women’s Day
• 20^th March – International Day of Happiness
• 21^st March – International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
• 21^st March – World Poetry Day
• 21^st March – International Day of Forests
• 22^nd March – World Water Day
• 24^th March – International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims
• 25^th March – International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

April:

• 2^nd April – World Autism Awareness Day and International Children’s Book Day
• 5^th April – International Day of Conscience
• 7^th April – World Health Day
• 21^st April – World Creativity and Innovation Day
• 22^nd April – international Mother Earth Day
• 23^rd April – World book and Copyright Day
• 24^th April – International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace
• 28^th April – World Day for Safety and Health at Work

May:

• 3^rd May – World Press Freedom Day
• 8-9 May – Time of Remembrance and reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives During the Second World War
• 15^th May – International Day of Families
• 16^th May – International Day of Living Together in Peace
• 20^th May – World Bee Day
• 21^st May – International Tea Day
• 21^st May – World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
• 22^nd May – International Day for Biological Diversity
• 31^st May – World No-Tobacco Day

June:

• 1^st June – Global Day of Parents
• 3^rd June – World Bicycle Day
• 4^th June – International Day of innocent Children Victims of Aggression
• 5^th June – World Environment Day
• 8^th June – World Oceans Day
• 12^th June – World Day Against Child Labour
• 14^th June – World Blood Donor Day
• 15^th June – World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
• 18^th June – Sustainable Gastronomy Day
• 20^th June – World Refugee Day
• 21^st June – International Day of Yoga
• 23^rd June – International Widows’ Day
• 26^th June – International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
• 27^th June – Micro, Small and Medium sized Enterprises day
• 29^th June – International Day of the Tropics

July:

• 4^th July – International Day of Cooperatives
• 15^th July – World Youth Skills Day
• 20^th July – World Chess Day
• 30^th July – International Day of Friendship

August:

• 9th August – International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
• 12^th August – International Youth Day
• 19^th August – World Humanitarian Day
• 23^rd August – International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition

September:

• 5^th September – International Day of Charity
• 7^th September – International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies
• 8^th September – International Literacy Day
• 15^th September – International Day of Democracy
• 17^th September – World Patient Safety Day
• 18^th September – International Equal Pay Day
• 23^rd September – international Day of Sign Languages
• 27^th September – World tourism Day
• 29^th September – International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste
• 30^th September – International Translation Day

 

October:

• 1^st October – International Day of Older Persons
• 2^nd October – International Day of Non-Violence
• 5^th October – World Teachers’ Day
• 10^th October – World mental Health Day
• 11^th October – International Day of the Girl Child
• 15^th October – International Day of Rural Women
• 16^th October – World Food Day
• 17^th October – International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
• 31^st October – Halloween and World Cities Day

November:

• 8^th November to 15^th November – Inter Faith Week
• 14^th November – World Diabetes Day
• 16^th November – International Day for Tolerance
• 20^th November – World Children’s Day
• 25^th November – International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

December:

• 1^st December – World AIDS Day
• 2^nd December – International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
• 3^rd December – International Day of Persons with Disabilities
• 5^th December – International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
• 10^th December – Human Rights Day
• 11^th December – International Mountain Day
• 12^th December – International Universal Health Coverage Day
• 18^th December – International Migrants Day
• 20^th December – International Human Solidarity Day