January
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1 Jan |
New Year
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1 Jan |
Global Family Day
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16 - 23 Jan |
130th WHO Executive Board Session, Geneva, Switzerland
Link
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16 Jan - 3 Feb |
CRC’s Committee’s 59th Session on the Rights of the Child, Geneva, Switzerland
Link
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24 - 26 Jan |
The INFACT Canada 20-Hour Breastfeeding Course, Canada
Link
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23 - 24 Jan |
Chinese New Year
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25 - 29 Jan |
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, The Great Transformation: Shaping New Models, Davos - Klosters, Switzerland
Link
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30 Jan - 8 Feb |
Regular session, Committee on NGOs, UNHQ, New York
Link
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February |
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4 Feb |
World Cancer Day
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5 Feb |
Prophet Muhammad’s
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7 Feb |
Thaipusam
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13 Feb - 2 Mar |
51st Session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, (CEDAW) Geneva, Switzerland
Link
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13 Feb - 2 Apr |
The Milky Way: A Galaxy of Lactation Information Online, Australia
Link
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14 Feb |
WABA 21st Anniversary
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13 - 17 Feb |
Foundation for Best Practise in Lactation Care 5 Day Course, Professional Education in Breastfeeding and Lactation, Portland, Oregon
Link
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19 - 22 Feb |
GRF One Health Summit 2012. One Health – One Planet – One Future Risks And Opportunities, Davos, Switzerland
Link
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27 Feb |
Wellstart 27th Anniversary
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27 - 9 MarFeb |
56th Session of CSW. Commission on the Status of Women, New York
Link
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28 Feb - 1 Mar |
Best Start Annual Conference, Toronto, Ontario Link
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March
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3 Mar |
11th Annual IBCLC Day Link
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8 Mar |
International Women’s Day (IWD), Connecting Girls, Inspiring Futures
Link
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9 Mar |
General Assembly of Child Rights Net, Geneva
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15 Mar |
World Consumer Rights Day. Our Money, our rights: Campaigning for real choice in financial services
Link
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22 Mar |
World Water Day. The world is thirsty, because we are hungry
Link
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26 - 27 Mar |
3rd Intersessional Meeting of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, UNHQ, New York
Link
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29 - 30 Mar |
Breastfeeding and Feminism Symposium, Considering Women in Advancing the Surgeon General’s Call to Action, Greensboro, North Carolina
Link
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31 Mar |
Earth Hour. Uniting People to Protect the Planet
Link
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April |
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7 Apr |
World Health Day. Ageing and health
Link
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18 - 20 Apr |
Geneva Health Forum, Global Access to Health Platform, A Critical Shift to Chronic Condition: Learning from the Frontliners, Geneva, Switzerland
Link
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19 - 22 Apr |
AWID Forum, (Assoc. for Women’s Rights Development), Transforming Economic Power to Advance Women’s Rights, Istanbul, Turkey
Link
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22 Apr |
Earth Day
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22 Apr |
Good Friday
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23 - 27 Apr |
45th Session of Commission on Population and Development. Adolescents and Youth
Link
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24 - 26 Apr |
FORUM 2012, Global Forum for Health Research, Beyond Aid…. Research and Innovation as key drivers for Health, Equity and Development, Cape Town, South Africa
Link
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26 - 27 Apr |
MAMA Conference 2012, Troon, Scotland, United Kingdom
Link
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27 - 30 Apr |
World Nutrition Rio, Brazil
Link
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May |
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1 May |
International Labor Day
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1 - 4 May |
GOLD11. Global Online Lactation Discussion
Link
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3 - 4 May |
Enhancing Education in Lactation Management in the Undergrad Medical Curricullum PMC. Penang, Malaysia
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5 May |
International Day of Midwives
Link
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8 May |
Mother’s Day (Sun)
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8 May |
WABA Board of Directors AGM
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15 May |
International Day of Families / International AIDS Memorial Day
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6 - 9 May |
WABA SC Meeting
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15 - 22 May |
World Respected Childbirth Week. Birth where you want, the way you want, and with whom you want.
Link
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17 May |
Wesak Day
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19 20 May |
ABM’s 4th European Regional Meeting for Physicians, Italy.
Link
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21 - 26May |
65th World Health Assembly, Geneva, Switzerland
Link
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18 May |
10th Anniversary of GSIYCF
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20 - 26 May |
Global AIDS Week of Action
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21 May |
31st Anniversary of the Code
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28 May |
International Day of Action for Women’s Health
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31 May |
World No-Tobacco Day
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June |
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4 - 8 June |
UNICEF Annual Meeting, UNHQ, New York
Link
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5 June |
World Environment Day, Green Economy: Does it include you?
Link
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5- 12 June |
World Youth Congress, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
Link
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20 June |
Father’s Day
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20 - 22June |
Rio + 20, UN Conf on Sustainable Development, Rio De Janeiro.
Link
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July |
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4 July |
35th Anniversary of Nestle Boycott
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5 July |
ABM 17th Anniversary
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11 July |
World Population Day – UNFPA
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6 - 11 July |
The 3rd People’s Health Assembly (PHA 3), Cape Town,
Link
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22- 27 July |
19th International AIDS Conference. Turning the Tide Together, Washington DC, USA
Link
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24 - 26 July |
ICM Asia Pacific Regional Conference, For the health of Women & Children - Let’s take Action, Hanoi, Vietnam
Link
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25 - 29 July |
ILCA Conference, Call to Action: New Perspectives in Human Lactation, Orlando, Florida, USA
Link
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27 July |
Opening of Summer Olympics UK
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18 July |
Ramadhan begins (Fasting Month)
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August |
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1 Aug |
22nd Anniversary of Innocenti Declaration
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1 - 7 Aug |
World Breastfeeding Week
Link
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12 Aug |
International Youth Day
Link
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19 - 20 Aug |
Hari Raya Puasa (Ramadhan Celebration)
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19 - 23 Aug |
ENAM 2012, XII ENCONTRO NACIONAL de ALEITAMENTO MATERNO, Brazil
Link
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27 Aug |
Nuzul Al-Quran (Public Holiday)
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31 Aug |
Malaysia National Day (Malaysia Public Holiday)
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September |
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16 Sep |
Malaysia Day
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21 Sep |
International Day of Peace.
Link
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October |
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1 - 13 Oct |
BAP COURSE – A Regional Outreach course by Infant Feeding Consortium (UK) & WABA Penang, Malaysia |
2 Oct |
International Day of Non-Violence (The Late Gandhi’s birthday)
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3 Oct |
World Habitat Day |
10 Oct |
World Mental Health Day. |
11 - 14 Oct |
ABM 17th Annual International Meeting, Chicago |
12 Oct |
IBFAN’s 33rd Anniversary
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13 Oct |
International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction (second Wednesday of the month)
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15 - 16 Oct |
World Rural Women’s Day / World Food Day
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17 Oct |
LLLI’s 56th Anniversary
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17 Oct |
International Day for Eradication of Poverty
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21 - 24 Oct |
World Health Summit, Today’s Science – Tomorrow’s Agenda, Berlin, Germany
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24 Oct |
U.N Day
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26 Oct |
Hari Raya Haji (Malaysia Public Holiday)
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26 Oct - 1 Nov |
International Nestle Free Week
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November |
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2 - 3 Nov |
8th Conference ELACTA, Growing Together, Copenhagen, Denmark
Link
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13 Nov |
Deepavali (Malaysia Public Holiday)
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14 - 17 Nov |
U.N. World Diabetes Day / International Students Day
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15 Nov |
Muharram
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16 Nov |
International Day of Tolerance
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19 - 20 Nov |
World Day for Prevention of Child Abuse
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20 Nov |
20 Universal Children’s Day
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25 Nov |
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (White Ribbon Day)
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December
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1 Dec |
World AIDS Day
Link
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3 Dec |
International Disability Day
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5 Dec |
International Volunteer Day (UN)
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6 - 9 Dec |
The World Breastfeeding Conference 2012, New Delhi, India
Link
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8 Dec |
Global Day of Action on climate change
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9 Dec |
UN Anti Corruption Day
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10 Dec |
Human Rights Day
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25 Dec |
Christmas (Malaysian Public Holiday)
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WHAT’S UP IN 2013?
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28 - 30 May |
The 3rd Global Conference, Women Deliver 2013, Moving from Promises to Progress for Girls and Women, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Link
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24 - 28 Jul |
ILCA Conference, Melbourne, Australia
Link
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24 - 29 Aug |
27th IPA Congress of Pediatrics, Melbourne, Australia
Link
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