A Woman’s Calendar of Events – 2006

The following is a list of activities for and about women nationally, internationally, and locally. Holidays and awareness days are in italics; all other events are in normal type. Click underlined events for more information. If you think we’ve missed something that should be included on our calendar, please e-mail us at wvwc@wvdhhr.org.

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January

February

  

March

  • National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
  • National Nutrition Month
  • National Women’s History Month
  • 8 International Women’s Day
  • 28 American Diabetes Alert Day
  

April

  • Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month
  • Sexual Assault Awareness Month
  • Cesarean Awareness Month
  • National Child Abuse Prevention Month
  • 6 A Day to End Sexual Violence
  • 22 – 29 National Infant Immunization Week
  • 25 Pay Equity Day
  • Commission's 4th Quarter Meeting
  • Celebrate Women Event
     
  

May

  • Habitat hosting Women Build
  • National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month
  • Older Americans Month
  • National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month
  • 1 – 7 Cover the Uninsured Week
  • 3 National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Day
  • 3 National Anxiety Disorders Screening Day
  • 6 – 13 National SAFE KIDS Week
  • 14 – 20 National Women’s Health Week
  • 13 Mother’s Day
  • 15 National Women’s Check-up Day
  • 16 Sex Differences in Health Awareness Day
  • 31 World No Tobacco Day
  

June

  • Gay and Lesbian Pride Month
  

July

  

August

  • National Women’s Month
  • 1 -7 World Breastfeeding Week
  • 7 Sister’s Day
  • 20 – 21 WV Women’s Commission Planning Meeting, Flatwoods Days Inn
  • 26 National Women’s Equality Day

September
 

  • PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) Awareness Month
  • Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
  • Baby Safety Month
  • Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month
  • 8 International Literacy Day
  • 27 Women’s Health and Fitness Day

October

  • National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
  • National Family Sexuality Education Month
  • SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) Awareness Month
  • Children’s Health Month
  • Domestic Violence Awareness Month
  • 2 National Child Health Day
  • 5 National Depression Screening Day
  • 20 National Mammography Day
  

November

  • Lung Cancer Awareness Month
  • National Adoption Month
  • National Healthy Skin Month
  • National Family Caregivers Month
  • American Diabetes Month
  

December

  • 11 Planning Committee Meeting, WVWC Office 4-6 pm