March 2026 Awareness Days Calendar
- Australian Women’s History Month, Adopt a Pet Month, National Epilepsy Month, World’s Greatest Shave, Melanoma March
•1–7 Mar (Sun–Sat): Hearing Awareness Week
•1 Mar (Sun): Zero Discrimination Day
•2 Mar (Mon): World Teen Mental Wellness Day
•2-8 Mar (Mon – Sun) NSW Women’s Week
•2-15 Mar (Mon – Sun): NSW Seniors Festival
•3 Mar (Tue): World Wildlife Day, World Hearing Day
•4 Mar (Wed): Pancake Day/Shrove Tuesday, World Obesity Day
•5 Mar (Thu): Ash Wednesday
•8 Mar (Sun): UN International Women’s Day
•8-14 Mar (Sun – Sat): World Glaucoma Week
•11 Mar (Wed): World Kidney Day
•16-22 Mar (Mon – Sun): Harmony Week
•16-22 Mar (Mon – Sun): Brain Awareness Week
•16-20 Mar (Mon – Fri): Neurodiversity Celebration Week
•17 Mar (Tue): St Patrick’s Day
•18 Mar (Wed): Swallowing Awareness Day
•19 Mar (Thu): International Read to Me Day
•20 Mar (Fri): International Day of Happiness, Very Hungry Caterpillar Day, National Day
of Action Against Bullying, Close the Gap Day
•21 Mar (Sat): World Poetry Day, World Down Syndrome Day, Harmony Day
•22 Mar (Sun): World Water Day, Ride2School Day
•24 Mar (Tue): World Tuberculosis Day
•26 Mar (Thu): International Purple Day for Epilepsy
•28 Mar (Sat): Earth Hour
•30 Mar (Mon): World Bipolar Day (WBD)
•31 Mar (Tue): Trans Day of Visibility
