NIH Diversity Calendar - March 2024

March: National Women’s History Month, Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, & Irish-American History Month

  • 1st
    St. David’s Day
  • 1st
    Employee Appreciation Day
  • 8th
    International Women’s Day
  • 8th
    Maha Shivaratri (Hindu)
  • 10th
    Ramadan (March 10 - April 9)
  • 17th
    St. Patrick’s Day
  • 18th
    Clean Monday (Christian)
  • 18th
    Neurodiversity Celebration Week (March 18 - March 24)
  • 18th
    Ramadan (March 18 - March 24)
  • 19th
    Nowruz (Zorastrian)
  • 21st
    International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
  • 21st
    World Down Syndrome Day
  • 23rd
    Purim (Jewish) (Mar 23 - Mar 24)
  • 24th
    Palm Sunday (Christian)
  • 25th
    Holi (Hindu)
  • 25th
    Holla Mohalla (Sikh) (March 25 - March 27)
  • 25th
    International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
  • 28th
    Maundy Thursday (Christian)
  • 29th
    Good Friday (Christian)
  • 31st
    Cesar Chavez Day
  • 31st
    Easter (Christian)
  • 31st
    International Transgender Day of Visibility