Special (international) Days

Special Days 2023


24 January International Day of the Endangered Lawyer
27 January Holocaust Remembrance day
28 January Data Protection Day
29 January World Leprosy Day

  4 February World Cancer Day
  6 February International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
  8 February International Epilepsy Day
20 February World Day of Social Justice
28 February Rare Disease Day

4 March World Obesity Day

8 March International Women's Day

22 March World Water Day

24 March World Tuberculosis Day


  7 April World Health Day

22 April Earth Day

25 April World Malaria Day


  1 May International Worker's Day

  3 May World Press Freedom Day

  4 May National Remembrance Day

  5 May Liberation Day

  8 May International Fair Trade Day

12 May International Nurses' Day

17 May World Hypertension Day

22 May International Day for Biological Diversity

23 May International Day to End Obstetric Fistula

28 May International Day of Action for Women's Health
31 May World No Tobacco Day


  1 June International Children's Day

  5 June World Environment Day

  7 June World Food Security Day

14 June World Blood Donor Day

19 June International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict

20 June World Refugee Day

26 June The International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking


  1 July Keti Koti National Memorialization and Celebration Abolition Slavery

11 July World Population Day

28 July World Hepatitis Day


31 July - 6 Aug World Breastfeeding Week

  9 Augustus International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples

23 Augustus International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition


  8 September International Literacy Day

10 September World Suicide Prevention Day

16 September International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer

21 September International Day of Peace


  1 October  International Day for Older Persons

  2 October International Day of Non-Violence

  3 October World Habitat Day

10 October World Mental Health Day

15 October International Day of Rural Women

16 October World Food day

17 October International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

24 October United Nations Day

24 October World Polio Day


14 November World Diabetes Day

16 November International Day for Tolerance

18-24  November World Antimicrobial Awareness Week

19 November World Toilet Day

20 November World Children's Day


  1 December World Aids Day

  3 December International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

  7 December Volunteer day

10 December Human Rights Day

12 December Universal health Coverage Day

27 December International Day of Epidemic Preparedness