Upcoming International Days for GAD
by Julie Feng and Katie Bercegeay
Mark your 2017 calendar! We have a whole year full of great opportunities to plan gender events around international days. Here is a list of days you might want to consider
January
- January 1st —Global Family Day
- February 1—World Hijab Day
- February 6 – International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation
- February 11 – International Day of Women and Girls in Science
- February 20—World Day of Social Justice
March Women’s History Month
- March 8—International Women’s Day
- March 20 – International Day of Happiness
- March 21—Mother’s Day (Arab World), World Poetry Day
April Sexual Assault Awareness Month
- April 6 - International Day of Sport for Development and Peace
- April 21-23 - Global Youth Service Day
May
- May 15- International Day of Families, Mother’s Day (U.S.)
- May 21 – World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
- May 31 – World No-Tobacco Day
- June 1 – Global Day of Parents
- June 21 – International Day of Yoga
- June 23 – International Widows Day
July
- July 12- Malala Day
- July 15 - World Youth Skills Day
- July 17- World Day for International Justice
- July 30- International Day of Friendship
August
- August 12- International Youth Day
September
- September 8- International Literacy Day
- September 21- International Day of Peace
October
- October 2 – International Day of Non-Violence
- October 5 – World Teachers Day
- October 11- International Day of the Girl Child
- October 15 - International Day of Rural Women
- October 17- International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
November
- November 16- International Day for Tolerance
- November 19- International Men’s Day
- November 25- International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
December
- December 1 – World Aids Day
- December 5- International Volunteers Day
- December 10- Human Rights Day
- December 20- International Human Solidarity Day
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