International Women's Day
World Toilet day is on the 19th November. World Radio Day is the 13th February. Because I listen to radio I was well aware of one of those days but I remember not a peep about the other. In fact there are 205 UN sanctioned World Days or Weeks each year. Other organisations and counties add days to the list, such as Remembrance Day in Commonwealth countries, which means that there is nearly always something to celebrate. Obviously enough some of the days attract more attention than others. In the UK I did some youth and community work and, for several years, World AIDS day was important to us. At the time AIDS was big news, Europeans, Britons, were dying from it and the red ribbons, free condoms and information points were everywhere. Nowadays with Elton John at the edge of retirement and only Sub Saharan Africans much at risk I suspect it doesn't get quite the same publicity. In Spain some celebratory days are much more visible than others. One of the biggest is the Día Internacion...