International Literacy Day
This international day is an opportunity for Governments as well as civil society to highlight improvements in world literacy rates, and reflect on the world's remaining literacy challenges. In order... Continue Reading »
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International Day for South-South Cooperation
South-South cooperation is a show of solidarity among peoples and countries of the South. This is done through a broad framework of collaboration among countries of the South in the... Continue Reading »
International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste
This international day was designated by the UN General Assembly in 2019 to raise awareness of the problem of food loss and waste as well as possible solutions and promote... Continue Reading »
International Day of the Girl Child
This international day aims to highlight and address the needs and challenges girls face, while promoting girls' empowerment and the fulfillment of their human rights.
International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction
This international day celebrates how people and communities around the world are reducing their exposure to disasters and raising awareness about the importance of reining in the risks that they... Continue Reading »
International Day of Rural Women
The crucial role that women and girls play in ensuring the sustainability of rural households and communities, improving rural livelihoods and overall wellbeing, has been increasingly recognized. Even so, women... Continue Reading »
World Food Day
World Food day is held to commemorate the founding of the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization. Each year has a different theme with organized events.
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
This international day is designated to bring awareness to poverty as not solely an economic issue, but rather a multidimensional phenomenon that encompasses a lack of both income and the... Continue Reading »
World Tsunami Awareness Day
This International Day was designated as a call to action for all countries and members of the international community to raise tsunami awareness and share innovative approaches to risk reduction... Continue Reading »
World Diabetes Day
This World Day was established to recognize the urgent need to develop policies to treat, and provide care for people with diabetics as well as prevent or delay the development... Continue Reading »
