Child Rights

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January 2015 SKIN CANCER AWARENESS MONTH (Sun Smart – CANSA)

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Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide – 1951

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World Leprosy Day

National Police Day International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust

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February 2015 HEALTHY LIFESTYLES AWARENESS MONTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH MONTH ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS MONTH

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World Interfaith Harmony Week 1 – 7 (1st week in February each year)

World Wetlands Day

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International Epilepsy Day

STI/Condom Week (10 – 16)

Nelson Mandela Freed – 1990

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World Cancer Day (WHO)

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International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation [WHO]

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World Radio Day [UNESCO]

Inauguration of the South African Constitutional Court – 1995

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World Day of Social Justice

International Mother Language Day [UNESCO],

Pregnancy Awareness Week (10 – 16)

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International Tourist Guide Day

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Healthy Lifestyles Awareness Day

UNICEF South Africa 351 Francis Baard Street PO Box 4884, Pretoria, 0001 Tel: +27 12 3548201 www.unicef.org/southafrica Enquiries: [email protected]/ [email protected]

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March 2015 TB AWARENESS MONTH HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH BALANCED LIFESTYLE CAMPAIGN ENERGY MONTH NATIONAL NUTRITION MONTH

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Zero Discrimination Day [UNAIDS]

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World Wildlife Day

School Health Week (4 – 8)

National Multi Sclerosis Awareness Week (3 – 9)

Foster parent’s/ care Day (1st Sunday of March each year)

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United Nations Day of Women’s Rights and International Peace (INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY),

Commonwealth Day (Second Monday in March)

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World Kidney Day National Water Week (12 – 14)

World Glaucoma Week (8 – 14)

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World Consumer Rights Day

Brain Awareness Week (16 – 22)

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World Head Injury Awareness Day

South African Library Week (15 – 22)

World Salt Awareness Week (16 – 22)

World Oral Health Day

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Human Rights Day – South Africa

International Day of Happiness

World Poetry Day (UNESCO) International Day of Forests World Down Syndrome Day International Day of Nowruz

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World Day for Water

World Meteorological Day (WMO)

World Tuberculosis Day (WHO),

International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims

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UNICEF South Africa 351 Francis Baard Street PO Box 4884, Pretoria, 0001 Tel: +27 12 3548201 www.unicef.org/southafrica Enquiries: [email protected]/ [email protected]

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International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members

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April 2015 FREEDOM MONTH HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH

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International Children’s Book Day

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International Day of Sport for Development and Peace

World Health Day (WHO)

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World Autism Awareness Day

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Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Rwanda Genocide

Employee Volunteer Week (12 – 18),

World Haemophilia Day

International Day of Human Space Flight

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International Social Workers’ Day (Annual Social Work Day)

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International Mother Earth Day

World Book and Copyright Day

Global/African Vaccination Week

World Malaria Day [WHO]

English Language Day

World Immunisation Week (24 – 30)

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World Intellectual Property Day [WIPO]

Freedom Day – South Africa Mark Shuttleworth is the first African in Space in 2002

Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare

International Jazz Day

World Veterinary Day

World Day for Safety and Health at Work [ILO]

UNICEF South Africa 351 Francis Baard Street PO Box 4884, Pretoria, 0001 Tel: +27 12 3548201 www.unicef.org/southafrica Enquiries: [email protected]/ [email protected]

National Polio (1st Round) and Measles Immunisation Campaign (29/04 – 17/05)

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May 2015 INTERNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS MONTH ANTI-TOBACCO CAMPAIGN MONTH BURNS MONTH

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Worker’s Day – South Africa

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Sun Day (UNEP)

Global Campaign for Education’s Global Action Week on Education and Disability (4 – 10)

Friends of the Earth Founded – 1971

Burns Awareness Week (6 – 12)

World Press Freedom Day International Dawn Chorus Day (First Sunday in May), Hospice Week (3 – 10)

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Children’s Book Week (4 – 10)

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World Red Cross Day

World Asthma Day

Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War

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World Move for Health Day

International Nurses Day

“Vesak”, the Day of the Full Moon

World Migratory Bird Day [UNEP] (10 – 11)

World Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome

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World Hypertension Day

International Museum Day

Deaf Awareness Week (19 – 25)

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Week of Solidarity with Peoples of all colonial territories fighting for Freedom, Independence and Human Rights (25 – 30)

International Week for the disappeared (26 – 30)

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Adoption of the Interim Constitution of the Republic of South Africa – 1996

UN Global Road Safety Week (5 – 11),

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International Day of Families Go Torquise for the Elderly (15/05 – 15/06) International Conscientious Objection Day

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World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development

International Day for Biological Diversity

International Day to End Obstetric Fistula

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Child Protection Week (27/05 – 02/06)

International Day of Action for Women’s Health

International Day of UN Peacekeepers

World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD), International Candlelight Memorial Day

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World Play Day

Africa Day, Commemoration of the establishment of the AFRICAN UNION

31 World No-Tobacco Day (WHO)

UNICEF South Africa 351 Francis Baard Street PO Box 4884, Pretoria, 0001 Tel: +27 12 3548201 www.unicef.org/southafrica Enquiries: [email protected]/ [email protected]

Every effort was made to ensure that the dates are correct. All dates were verified with sources. For a full list, please follow this link http://www.unicef.org/southafrica/resources_16005.html

National Plan of Action for Children in South Africa 2012– 2017 approved by Cabinet in 2013

Child Rights

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June 2015 NATIONAL YOUTH MONTH MEN’S HEALTH MONTH NATIONAL BLOOD DONOR MONTH NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT MONTH

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International Children’s Day

International Cancer Survivors Day

World Heart Rhythm Week (3 – 9)

International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression

World Environmental Day (UNEP)

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World Day against Child Labour

International Albinism Awareness Day

Global Day of Parents

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Nelson Mandela Imprisoned “for Life” – 1964

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World Blood Donor Day [WHO]

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

Youth Day (South Africa)

National Epilepsy Week (15 – 21)

Day of the African Child

World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

South Africa Ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1995)

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World Refugee Day Africa Refugee Day

National Polio (2nd Round) Immunization Campaign (17 – 28)

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International Day of Yoga

Africa Public Service Day

Day of the Seafarer [IMO]

National Epilepsy Day

United Nations Public Service Day

SANCA Drug Awareness Week (24 – 28)

International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Drug Trafficking

International Widows’ Day

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National Youth Health Indaba (24 – 30)

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UNICEF South Africa 351 Francis Baard Street PO Box 4884, Pretoria, 0001 Tel: +27 12 3548201 www.unicef.org/southafrica Enquiries: [email protected]/ [email protected]

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Every effort was made to ensure that the dates are correct. All dates were verified with sources. For a full list, please follow this link http://www.unicef.org/southafrica/resources_16005.html

United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

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Child Rights

Advocacy Calendar

July 2015 MENTAL ILLNESS AWARENESS MONTH NELSON MANDELA MONTH MORAL REGENERATION MONTH

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Corporate Wellness Week (1 – 5)

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African Edu Week(9 – 11)

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International Small Arms Destruction Day

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World Youth Skills Day

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Nelson Mandela International Day

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First Women’s Rights Convention –1884

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World Hepatitis Day [WHO]

International Day of Friendship World Day against Trafficking in Persons

UNICEF South Africa 351 Francis Baard Street PO Box 4884, Pretoria, 0001 Tel: +27 12 3548201 www.unicef.org/southafrica Enquiries: [email protected]/ [email protected]

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Every effort was made to ensure that the dates are correct. All dates were verified with sources. For a full list, please follow this link http://www.unicef.org/southafrica/resources_16005.html

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Child Rights

Advocacy Calendar

August 2015 NATIONAL WOMEN’S MONTH ORGAN DONOR MONTH BONE MARROW STEM AND LEUKAEMIA AWARENESS MONTH (15 August to 15 October)

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Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease Week (4 – 10)

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National Women’s Day – South Africa

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Polio Awareness Week (6 – 12)

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International Youth Day

Commencement of Bone Marrow And Leukaemia Awareness Month

International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples

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World Humanitarian Day

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International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition [UNESCO]

Cerebral Palsy Week (South Africa) (24 – 30)

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International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances

African Traditional Medicine Day

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World Water Week (31/08 – 05/09)

UNICEF South Africa 351 Francis Baard Street PO Box 4884, Pretoria, 0001 Tel: +27 12 3548201 www.unicef.org/southafrica Enquiries: [email protected]/ [email protected]

Every effort was made to ensure that the dates are correct. All dates were verified with sources. For a full list, please follow this link http://www.unicef.org/southafrica/resources_16005.html

International Day against Nuclear Tests

Child Rights

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September 2015 NATIONAL HEART AWARENESS MONTH CERVICAL CANCER AWARENESS MONTH EYE CARE AWARENESS MONTH (21 September to 18 October) ALBINISM AWARENESS MONTH HERITAGE MONTH MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY AWARENESS MONTH

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National Headache and Migraine Awareness Week (1 – 7)

Kidney Awareness Week (2 – 6)

Casual Day

International Day of Charity

Arbor Week (1 – 7)

United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child – 1990

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) – 1981

Pharmacy Week (1 – 8)

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National Book Week (1 – 6)

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NATIONAL MONTH OF DEAF PEOPLE CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH TOURISM MONTH NATIONAL ORAL HEALTH MONTH PUBLIC SERVICE MONTH BONE MARROW STEM CELL DONATION AND LEUKAEMIA AWARENESS MONTH (15 August to 15 October)

Back Awareness Week ( 2- 6)

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International Literacy Day [UNESCO]

International Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Day

World Suicide Prevention Day

World Wide Fund for Nature Founded – 1961

World Oral Health Day

World Rain Forest Movement formed in 1986

International Gynaecological Health Day

World Hospice and palliative Care Day

National Parks Week (8 – 12)

United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation Clean up the World Day

World Sight Day

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Stroke Week (14 – 20)

International Day of Democracy

International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer

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National Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Day (ADHD)

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Commencement of Eye Care Awareness Month

Heritage Day – South Africa

World Maritime Day [IMO]

World Environmental Health Day

World Retina Week (21 – 27)

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World Tourism Day [UNWTO]

World Rabies Day [WHO]

World Heart Day

South Africa ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child Optional Protocol on Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict (2009)

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World Retina Day

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Every effort was made to ensure that the dates are correct. All dates were verified with sources. For a full list, please follow this link http://www.unicef.org/southafrica/resources_16005.html

International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

Child Rights

Advocacy Calendar

October 2015 SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT MONTH BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH

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International Day of Older Persons

International Day of Non-Violence

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National Inherited Disorders Day

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World Space Week (4 – 10)

World Teachers’ Day [UNESCO]

National Marine Week (6 – 11)

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World Habitat Day (first Monday of October)

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World Sight Day [WHO] (Second Thursday in October)

National AIDS Declaration Anniversary/ Partnership against Aids anniversary

World Mental Health Day [WHO] World Hospice and Palliative Care Day

World Post Day National Nutrition Week (9 – 15)

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International Day of the Girl Child

World Arthritis Day

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National Bandana Day

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International Day for Disaster Reduction

National Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Day

World Food Day

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

International Day of Rural Women

World Rain Forest Week (12 – 18)

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International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (18 – 24)

Premature Baby Day World Trauma Day

Global Handwashing Day

World Bone and Joint Week (12 – 20)

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World Spine Day

National Obesity Week (15 – 19)

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World Statistics Day

African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights – 1986

National Down Syndrome Awareness Day

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National Iodine Deficiency Disorder Day

World Polio Day

World Osteoporosis Day

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UNICEF South Africa 351 Francis Baard Street PO Box 4884, Pretoria, 0001 Tel: +27 12 3548201 www.unicef.org/southafrica Enquiries: [email protected]/ [email protected]

United Nations Day World Development Information Day Week for Disarmament and Development (24 – 30)

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World Day for Audiovisual Heritage [UNESCO]

World Stroke Week (28/10 – 03/11)

World Stroke Day

Commemoration of African Food and Nutrition Security Day

World Cities Day

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November 2015 QUALITY MONTH RED RIBBON MONTH NATIONAL DISABILITY AWARENESS MONTH (3 November – 3 December) CANSA MEN’S AWARENESS EPILEPSY AWARENESS MONTH

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National Children’s Day

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National Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Week (4 – 10)

International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists

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International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict SADC Malaria Day

SADC Malaria Week (2 – 6)

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International Week for Science and Peace (9 – 14)

World Science Day for Peace and Development

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World Pneumonia Day [WHO]

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Africa University Day

World Quality Day

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World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (Third Sunday in November)

World Heritage Convention Adopted – 1972

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International Day for Tolerance

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World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day [WHO]

Africa Industrialization Day

World Television Day

Universal Children’s Day

World Toilet Day

International Restorative Justice Week (16 – 23

World Day for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect World Philosophy Day (Third Thursday in November)

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International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 16 Days of Activism on No Violence against Women (25/11 – 10/12)

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International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

International Peace Forest Launched – 1991 South Africa ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (2007)

UNICEF South Africa 351 Francis Baard Street PO Box 4884, Pretoria, 0001 Tel: +27 12 3548201 www.unicef.org/southafrica Enquiries: [email protected]/ [email protected]

Every effort was made to ensure that the dates are correct. All dates were verified with sources. For a full list, please follow this link http://www.unicef.org/southafrica/resources_16005.html

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December 2015 PREVENTION OF INJURIES MONTH SKIN CANCER AWARENESS MONTH (Sun Smart)

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World Aids Day (WHO)

International Day for the abolition of slavery

International Day of Persons with Disabilities

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International Civil Aviation Day [ICAO]

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International AntiCorruption Day

Adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights – 1948

International Mountain Day

World Patient Safety Day

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(International) Human Rights Day Adoption of the Final Constitution of the Republic of South Africa -1996 International Children's Day of Broadcasting (ICDB) – UNICEF

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Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women ratified by South Africa (1995)

Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees – 1966

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Day of Reconciliation – South Africa

International Day for Biological Diversity

UNICEF South Africa 351 Francis Baard Street PO Box 4884, Pretoria, 0001 Tel: +27 12 3548201 www.unicef.org/southafrica Enquiries: [email protected]/ [email protected]

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International Migrants Day

International Human Solidarity Day

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