Awareness Days

Awareness Days – 250+ Areas to Influence and Be Helpful

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Learn about the awareness days, identify areas of your concern, and influence what you can to be happier. A list of awareness days could be helpful to identify areas that concern you or where you could influence.

The Secret to Happiness Is Helping Others. If we can help others, we are likely to be happier. The challenge may be to find the time or cause. The List of Awareness Day is like a big picture of what the world probably needs. Even if you connect with a cause, you still will have to find time to help others. Even if you can find time, you will need to rise above the baser tendencies of the mind. This is where personal growth takes place.

Areas of Concern, Influence, and Control for Happiness

Mere worry about things is an impediment to happiness. Areas of concern and areas of influence are concepts that help us focus our time and energy on things that matter to us.

We may have a wide area of concern as the environment we live in affects us. Some things affect us more than others. It also depends on our pre-disposition of certain ideas. We may not be able to contribute to all the areas of our concern. We can pick some areas where we can influence the outcomes.

Our area of influence includes things that we can actually control or influence. We can, for example, control our own behavior. Our thoughts influence our behavior. By shaping our thoughts, we can influence our own behavior. Likewise, we can share information, or educate others, on things that matter to us, and we can influence other people’s thoughts and actions. As a result, we can hope to see some changes in our environment for issues that matter to us.

If we can spend more time and energy on areas we can influence rather than being weighed down with general areas of concern, happier we are likely to be.

The maximum control we can exercise is on our own thoughts, habits, and actions. Raising self-awareness can make us happier.

However many of us like to interact with others and take action to contribute to bringing about changes in society.

Why do we need awareness days?

Without self-awareness, we cannot change our habits and actions. Awareness days are meant to spread information and educate people. If we can influence their thoughts through awareness campaigns, we can help bring about the changes, we need at the social level.

As a society, there are many common concerns that each one we have. At the national and international levels, some of these concerns have been prioritized for the perceived well-being of society at large.

How can Awareness Days help me?

For many people, concerns about societal issues can be worrisome. To improve personal happiness it may be best to contribute to the cause about which we feel strongly. If there is already a local, national, or international day identified to create awareness, it can help you channel your efforts.

Some of us derive happiness through contributions to our communities. If you have the urge to do something for the communities, and looking for some ideas, the list of awareness days can be a good starting point.

List of Awareness Days

January

Date/DaysAwareness Day /Week/ Month
4-JanWorld Braille Day
24-JanInternational Day of Education
27-JanInternational Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
30-JanWorld Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) Day
Last SundayWorld Leprosy Day

February

Date/DaysAwareness Day /Week/ Month
1-FebWorld Interfaith Harmony Week (1-7 Feb)
2-FebWorld Wetlands Day
4-FebWorld Cancer Day
4-FebInternational Day of Human Fraternity
6-FebInternational Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation
10-FebWorld Pulses Day 
10-FebNational Deworming Day -India
11-FebInternational Day of Women and Girls in Science
12-FebInternational Day for the Prevention of Violent Extremism as and When Conducive to Terrorism 
12-FebSexual Reproductive Health Awareness Day – India
13-FebWorld Radio Day
17-FebGlobal Tourism Resilience Day
20-FebWorld Day of Social Justice
21-FebInternational Mother Language Day

March

Date/DaysAwareness Day /Week/ Month
1-MarWorld Seagrass Day
1-MarZero Discrimination Day
3-MarWorld Hearing Day
3-MarWorld Wildlife Day
5-MarInternational Day for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Awareness
8-MarInternational Women’s Day
10-MarInternational Day of Women Judges
11-MarWorld Glaucoma Week
2nd WedNo Smoking Day
2nd ThuWorld Kidney Day
15-MarInternational Day to Combat Islamophobia
16-MarMeasles Immunization Day
20-MarInternational Day of Happiness
20-MarWorld Oral Health Day
20-MarFrench Language Day
21-MarWeek of Solidarity with the People Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination, 21-27 March
21-MarWorld Down Syndrome Day
21-MarInternational Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
21-MarWorld Poetry Day
21-MarInternational Day of Nowruz
21-MarInternational Day of Forests
22-MarWorld Water Day
23-MarWorld Meteorological Day
24-MarWorld TB Day
24-MarInternational Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims
25-MarInternational Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
25-MarInternational Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members
30-MarInternational Day of Zero Waste

April

Date/DaysAwareness Day /Week/ Month
2-AprWorld Autism Awareness Day
4-AprInternational Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
5-AprInternational Day of Conscience
6-AprInternational Day of Sport for Development and Peace
7-AprWorld Health Day
7-AprInternational Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda
12-AprInternational Day of Human Space Flight
14-AprWorld Chagas Disease Day
17-AprWorld Haemophilia Day
19-AprWorld Liver Day
20-AprChinese Language Day
21-AprWorld Creativity and Innovation Day
22-AprEarth Day
22-AprInternational Mother Earth Day
23-AprWorld Book and Copyright Day
23-AprEnglish Language Day
23-AprSpanish Language Day
24-AprWorld Immunization Week
24-AprInternational Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace
25-AprWorld Malaria Day
25-AprInternational Delegate’s Day
26-AprInternational Chornobyl Disaster Remembrance Day
26-AprWorld Intellectual Property Day
28-AprInternational Girls in ICT Day
28-AprWorld Day for Safety and Health at Work
30-AprInternational Jazz Day

May

Date/DaysAwareness Day /Week/ Month
2-MayWorld Tuna Day
3-MayWorld Press Freedom Day
5-MayVesak, the Day of the Full Moon
5-MayWorld Portuguese Language Day
5-MayWorld Hand Hygiene Day
1st Tue World Asthma Day
8-MayTime of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives During the Second World War
8-MayWorld Red Cross Day
8-MayInternational Thalassaemia Day
10-MayInternational Day of Argania
12-MayInternational Day of Plant Health
12-MayWorld Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Day
12-MayInternational Awareness Day for Chronic Immunological and Neurological Diseases
12-MayInternational Nurses day
14-MayWorld Migratory Bird Day
2nd SunMother’s Day
15-MayInternational Day of Families
16-MayNational Dengue Day -India
16-MayInternational Day of Living Together in Peace
16-MayInternational Day of Light [UNESCO]
17-MayUN Global Road Safety Week, 17-23 May (biennial)
19-MayWorld Family Doctor Day
20-MayWorld Bee Day
21-MayInternational Tea Day
21-MayWorld Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
22-MayInternational Day for Biological Diversity
23-MayInternational Day to End Obstetric Fistula
25-MayWeek of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories, 25-31 May
Last WedWorld Multiple Sclerosis Day
28-MayInternational Day of Action for Women’s Health / International Womens Health Day
29-MayInternational Day of UN Peacekeepers
31-MayWorld No Tobacco Day

June

Date/DaysAwareness Day /Week/ Month
1-JunGlobal Day of Parents
3-JunWorld Bicycle Day
4-JunInternational Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
5-JunWorld Environment Day
5-JunInternational Day for the Fight against Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing
6-JunRussian Language Day
7-JunWorld Food Safety Day
8-JunWorld Brain Tumor Day
8-JunWorld Oceans Day
12-JunWorld Day Against Child Labour
13-JunInternational Albinism Awareness Day
14-JunWorld Blood Donor Day
15-JunWorld Elder Abuse Awareness Day
16-JunInternational Day of Family Remittances
17-JunWorld Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
18-JunAutistic Pride Day
18-JunInternational Day for Countering Hate Speech
18-JunSustainable Gastronomy Day
19-JunInternational Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict
20-JunWorld Refugee Day
21-JunInternational Day of Yoga
21-JunInternational Day of the Celebration of the Solstice
21-JunInternational Widows’ Day
23-JunUnited Nations Public Service Day
24-JunInternational Day of Women in Diplomacy
25-JunDay of the Seafarer
26-JunInternational Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
26-JunUnited Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
27-JunMicro, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises Day
29-JunInternational Day of the Tropics
30-JunInternational Asteroid Day
30-JunInternational Day of Parliamentarism

July

Date/DaysAwareness Day /Week/ Month
1-JulNational Doctors Day
3-JulInternational Day of Cooperatives
7-JulWorld Kiswahili Language Day [UNESCO]
11-JulWorld Population Day
15-JulWorld Youth Skills Day
18-JulNelson Mandela International Day
20-JulInternational Moon Day
20-JulWorld Chess Day
25-JulWorld Drowning Prevention Day
28-JulWorld Hepatitis Day
29-JulORS Day -India
30-JulInternational Day of Friendship
30-JulWorld Day Against Trafficking in Persons

August

Date/DaysAwareness Day /Week/ Month
1-AugWorld Breastfeeding Week (August 1-7)
9-AugInternational Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
12-AugInternational Youth Day
19-AugWorld Humanitarian Day
20-AugWorld Mosquito Day
21-AugInternational Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism
22-AugInternational Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief
23-AugInternational Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition
25-AugNational Eye Donation Fortnight -India (25-31st August)
29-AugInternational Day Against Nuclear Tests
30-AugInternational Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
31-AugInternational Day for People of African Descent

September

Date/DaysAwareness Day /Week/ Month
1-SepRashtriya Poshan Maah -India (September Month)
5-SepSpinal Cord Injury Day
5-SepInternational Day of Charity
7-SepInternational Day of Police Cooperation
7-SepInternational Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies
8-SepInternational Literacy Day
9-SepInternational Day to Protect Education from Attack
10-SepWorld Suicide Prevention Day
12-SepUnited Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
15-SepWorld Marrow Donor Day
15-SepInternational Day of Democracy
16-SepInternational Day for Interventional Cardiology
16-SepInternational Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
17-SepWorld Patient Safety Day
18-SepInternational Equal Pay Day
21-SepInternational Day of Peace
21-SepWorld Alzheimer’s Day
23-SepInternational Day of Sign Languages and International Week of Deaf 2018
25-SepWorld Pharmacist Day
26-SepInternational Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
27-SepWorld Tourism Day
28-SepWorld Rabies Day
28-SepWorld Maritime Day
28-SepInternational Day for Universal Access to Information
29-SepWorld Heart Day
29-SepInternational Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste
30-SepInternational Translation Day
Last SunWorld Day of Deaf

October

Date/DaysAwareness Day /Week/ Month
1-OctBreast Cancer Awareness Month
1-OctInternational Day of Older Persons
1-OctWorld Vegetarian Day
2-OctInternational Day of Non-Violence
2-OctNational Anti-Drug Addiction Day -India
2-OctWorld Habitat Day
4-OctWorld Space Week, 4-10 October
5-OctWorld Teachers’ Day
7-OctWorld Cotton Day
First WedWorld Cerebral Palsy Day
8-OctWorld Migratory Bird Day
9-OctWorld Post Day
9-OctWorld Sight Day
10-OctWorld Mental Health Day
11-OctInternational Day of the Girl Child
13-OctInternational Day for Disaster Risk Reduction
11-OctWorld Obesity Day
12-OctWorld Arthritis Day
13-OctWorld Thrombosis Day
15-OctInternational Day of Rural Women
15-OctGlobal Handwashing Day
16-OctWorld Food Day
17-OctInternational Day for the Eradication of Poverty
17-OctWorld Trauma Day
20-OctWorld Osteoporosis Day
21-OctWorld Iodine Deficiency Day
24-OctGlobal Media and Information Literacy Week, 24-31 October
24-OctUnited Nations Day
24-OctDisarmament Week, 24-30 October
24-OctWorld Development Information Day
24-OctWorld Polio Day
27-OctWorld Day for Audiovisual Heritage [UNESCO]
29-OctWorld Stroke Day
30-OctWorld Thrift Day
31-OctWorld Cities Day
Last WeekInternational Lead Poisoning Prevention Week

November

Date/DaysAwareness Day /Week/ Month
2-NovInternational Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists
5-NovWorld Tsunami Awareness Day
6-NovInternational Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
9-NovInternational Week of Science and Peace, 9-15 November
10-NovWorld Science Day for Peace and Development
10-NovWorld Immunisation Day
12-NovWorld Pneumonia Day
13-NovWorld Antibiotic Awareness Week, 13-19 November
14-NovWorld Diabetes Day
15-NovNew Born Care Week (Nov 15-21)
17-NovCervical Cancer Elimination Day of Action
17-NovWorld Philosophy Day [UNESCO]
17-NovNational Epilepsy Day
17-NovInternational Day for Tolerance
18-NovWorld Day for the Prevention of and Healing from Child Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Violence
18-NovWorld Antimicrobial Awareness Week
19-NovWorld Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
19-NovWorld COPD Day
19-NovWorld Toilet Day
20-NovAfrica Industrialization Day
20-NovWorld Children’s Day
21-NovWorld Television Day
25-NovInternational Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
29-NovInternational Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
30-NovDay of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare

December

Date/DaysAwareness Day /Week/ Month
1-DecWorld AIDS Day
2-DecInternational Day for the Abolition of Slavery
2-DecNational Pollution Prevention Day
3-DecInternational Day of Persons with Disabilities
4-DecInternational Day of Banks
5-DecWorld Soil Day
7-DecInternational Civil Aviation Day
9-DecWorld Patient Safety Day
9-DecInternational Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime
9-DecInternational Anti-Corruption Day
10-DecHuman Rights Day
11-DecInternational Mountain Day
12-DecUniversal Health Coverage Day
12-DecInternational Day of Neutrality
18-DecInternational Migrants Day
18-DecArabic Language Day
20-DecInternational Human Solidarity Day
27-DecInternational Day of Epidemic Preparedness

Supporters of Awareness Days

There are international, national, and local organizations around the world that promote various awareness days. Some of them are

Conclusion

Although it is a big list of Awareness Days or Areas that need influence, you may still connect with something else.

For example, there are 10 language Days listed here including mother tongue day. However, in India alone, there are 22 languages that are recognized by its constitution, and besides, there are many other languages and spoken dialects. Hence there is every possibility for emotionally connecting to some other languages.

There are two listed entries related to road safety. There was a story in the newspaper about a helmet man from India who has already donated more than 50,000 helmets to 2-wheeler drivers after he lost his friend in a road accident.

If someone is passionate about a cause, they do not wait for an awareness day to spread awareness. Some toil voluntarily and endlessly. Some choose jobs through which they contribute to society, but primarily for their own happiness.

Some people like to contribute to the growth of their profession. There are awareness days for various professions which are not listed here.

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