Diversity & Inclusion Calendar 2022
Make your workplace's calendar more inclusive by taking note of the diverse holidays, events and celebrations coming up in 2022.
January
4th - World Braille Day
5th - Birthday of Guru Gobindh Singh (Sikhism)
16th - World Religion Day
18th - Mahayana New Year (Buddhism)
27th - Holocaust Memorial Day
February
1-29th - LGBT+ History Month
1st - Chinese New Year
4th - Rosa Parks Day
5th - Basant Panchami-Saraswati Puja (Hinduism)
14th - Valentine's Day
15th - Nirvana Day (Buddhism)
16th - Magha Puja Day (Buddhism)
March
8th - International Women's Day
14th - 20th - Neurodiversity Celebration Week
20th - Naw Rúz (New Year) – Bahai
31st - International Transgender Day of Visibility
April
2nd - Ramadan Begins
2nd - World Autism Awareness Day
2nd - Equal Pay Day
6th - International Asexuality Day
15th – 23th - Pesach (Passover) – Judaism
22nd - Stephen Lawrence Day
26th - Lesbian Visibility Day
July
May
1st - Ramadan Ends
2nd - 3rd - Eid Al-Fit
4th – 9th - Deaf Awareness Week
9 – 15th - Mental Health Awareness Week
17th - International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
19th - Global Accessibility Awareness Day
June
1st- 30th - Pride Month
19th - Juneteenth
22nd - Windrush Day
August
9th - International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
18th-19th - Krishna Janmashtami (Hindu)
September
10th - World Suicide Prevention Day
17th - Colour Blind Awareness Day
18th - International Equal Pay Day
21st - World Alzheimer’s Day
23rd - Bi Visibility Day
25th - World Deaf Day
26th September - 2nd October - UK National Inclusion Week
October
6th - World Cerebral Palsy Day
10th - World Mental Health Day
18th - World Menopause Day
19th - International Pronouns Day
20th - Birth of the Guru Granth (Sikh Holy Day)
26th - Intersex Awareness Day
31st - Halloween
November
1st - Start of Movember
2nd - National Stress Awareness Day
8th - Intersex Day of Solidarity
18th November - 18th December - Disability History Month
19th - International Men’s Day
20th - Transgender Day of Remembrance
24th - Thanksgiving
25th - International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
December
1st - World Aids Day
3rd - International Day for People with Disabilities
18th - Hanukkah begins at sunset (Jewish)
21st - Yule Winter Solstice (Pagan)
25th - Christmas (Christian)
26th - Kwanzaa begins