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Writers have traditionally written abbreviated dates according to their local custom, creating all-numeric equivalents to day–month formats such as "10 February 2025" (10/02/25, 10/02/2025, 10-02-2025 or 10.02.2025) and month–day formats such as "February 10, 2025" (02/10/25 or 02/10/2025).
Since 2011, the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) has run the "Do One Thing for Diversity and Inclusion" campaign, in partnership with UNESCO and other public and private organisations. This asks people to spend World Day for Cultural Diversity learning about different cultures or sharing their culture with others. [12] [13]
In 2016, a one-day conference was hosted by Carleton University and organized by A11yYOW Archived 2019-12-16 at the Wayback Machine, Ottawa's accessibility Meetup. [ 11 ] In 2017, Apple released a series of videos and organized a concert as part of a week-long series of events marking Global Accessibility Awareness Day.
January 10 – The European Copernicus Climate Change Service reports that 2024 was the world's hottest year on record, and the first calendar year to pass the symbolic threshold of 1.5°C of global warming. [21] January 11 – A gas station explosion in al-Bayda, Yemen, results in 40 deaths and dozens of others injured. [22]
1 January - New Year's Day; 6 January - Epiphany; 17 April - Maundy Thursday; 18 April - Good Friday; 21 April - Easter Monday; 1 May - International Workers' Day; 15 August - Assumption Day; 12 October - National Day of Spain; 1 November - All Saints' Day; 6 December – Constitution Day; 25 December - Christmas Day
3 May - World Press Freedom Day; 5 May - African World Heritage Day; 5 May - World Portuguese Language Day; 16 May - International Day of Light; 16 May - International Day of Living Together in Peace; 20 May - World Metrology Day since 2023; 21 May - World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development since 2002
A calendar year begins on the New Year's Day of the given calendar system and ends on the day before the following New Year's Day, and thus consists of a whole number of days. The Gregorian calendar year, which is in use as civil calendar in most of the world, begins on January 1 and ends on December 31. [1]
DEI policy emerged from Affirmative action in the United States. [19] The legal term "affirmative action" was first used in "Executive Order No. 10925", [20] signed by President John F. Kennedy on 6 March 1961, which included a provision that government contractors "take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and employees are treated [fairly] during employment, without ...