List of minor secular observances
February

List of minor secular observances

Section Title: February
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Day	Name	Established/recognized by

February 1	Imbolc	Gaelic Traditional

February 1	World Hijab Day

February 1	World Aspergillosis Day

February 2	Groundhog Day

February 2	World Wetlands Day

February 2	Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Day

February 2	Wear Red Day	Raises funds for children and adults with congenital heart disease

February 4	Sri Lankan Independence Day

February 4	World Cancer Day	UN, WHO

February 5	Kashmir Solidarity Day

February 5	World Nutella Day

February 6	Sami National Day

February 6	Waitangi Day (New Zealand)

February 6	International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation	WHO

February 7	International Safer Internet Day

February 11	European 112 Day	Instituted by the European Union

February 11	World Day of the Sick	Instituted by Pope John Paul II

February 11	International Day of Women and Girls in Science	UN Women

February 12	Sexual and Reproductive Health Awareness Day	Canadian Federation for Sexual Health

February 12	Darwin Day

February 12	International Day of Women's Health	Canadian Foundation for Women's Health

February 12	Red Hand Day	Child Soldier Awareness

February 13	World Radio Day	UN, UNESCO

February 14	World Valentine Day

February 14	Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day (Canada)	Children's Heart Society

February 14	V-Day	Global day to end violence against women

February 15 (variously, February 13, 14, or 15)	Singles Awareness Day

February 15	Total Defence Day (Singapore)

February 15	International Childhood Cancer Day	Childhood Cancer Foundation

February 17	Random Acts of Kindness Day (USA)

February 20	World Day of Social Justice	UN

February 21	International Mother Language Day	UN, UNESCO

February 21	Language Movement Day (Bangladesh)

February 21	Global Information Governance Day

February 22	Founders Day	Scouts' Day, worldwide

February 22	World Thinking Day

February 26 (in UK, first Friday in February in USA)	National Wear Red Day

February 27	World NGO Day	Baltic Sea NGO Forum of the Council of the Baltic Sea States, Communities, International Leaders and Organizations

February 27	Anosmia Awareness Day, World NGO Day

February 27	National Pancake Day (USA)

February 28/29 (last day of February)	Rare Disease Day

February (first Saturday)	Ice Cream for Breakfast Day

February (third Monday)	Washington's Birthday

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World NGO Day is on the 27th of February.

final_sentence: World NGO Day is on the 27th of February.