by mullenm | Mar 25, 2020 | Days That Matter
March 5th World Book Day (UK and Ireland) World Book Day is a charity event held annually in the United Kingdom and Ireland on the first Thursday in March. What is World Book and Copyright Day? This is the 23rd year there’s been a World Book Day, and on 5th March... 
by mullenm | Mar 25, 2020 | Days That Matter
World Wildlife Day March 3 is World Wildlife Day. The animals and plants that live in the wild have an intrinsic value and contributes to the ecological, genetic, social, economic, scientific, educational, cultural, recreational and aesthetic aspects of human... 
by mullenm | Mar 25, 2020 | Days That Matter
World Day of Social Justice World Day of Social Justice. The United Nations’ (UN) World Day of Social Justice is annually observed on February 20 to encourage people to look at how social justice affects poverty eradication. It also focuses on the goal of... 
by mullenm | Dec 18, 2019 | Days That Matter
International Mountain Day December 11th is International Mountain Day. International Mountain Day has its roots in the document “Managing Fragile Ecosystems: Sustainable Mountain Development” (called Chapter 13), adopted in 1992 as part of the action plan Agenda 21... 
by mullenm | Dec 18, 2019 | Days That Matter
World Human Rights Day December 10th is World Human Rights Day. Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December — the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR): a milestone document proclaiming... 
by mullenm | Dec 9, 2019 | Days That Matter
International Anti-corruption Day December 9th is International Anti-corruption Day. Every year $1 trillion is paid in bribes while an estimated $2.6 trillion are stolen annually through corruption – a sum equivalent to more than 5 per cent of the global GDP. In...