World Men's Day is a holiday that falls on the first Saturday of November . Established at the proposal of M. S. Gorbachev and supported by the Magistrate of Vienna , the UN Office in Vienna and several international organizations. [1] [2] [3]
There is also International Men's Day (see International Men's Day , unlike Men's World Day ), celebrated on November 19 in Trinidad and Tobago , Jamaica , Australia , India , Singapore , the USA , Great Britain , Malta , as well as various organizations, including the UN .
Notes
- ↑ “Holiday Calendar”:.: World Men's Day Archived on July 29, 2012.
- ↑ World Men's Day . Calendar of Events (2018). With the light hand of Mikhail Gorbachev in 2000, male "discrimination" was over, and the world community began to celebrate World Men's Day annually on the first Saturday of November.
- ↑ The first of November is World Men's Day . RIA Novosti (2008). The first of November is World Men's Day. The holiday was established in 2000 on the initiative of the Austrian magistrate and the leadership of the UN office in Vienna. Former President of the USSR Gorbachev, to whom the organizers of the holiday turned for support, was elected president of World Men's Day. The key moment of the event was the annual presentation of the "World Men's Prize" to outstanding figures in politics, science, business, culture, and art.
See also
- Masculism
- International Men's Day
- Father's day
- International Women's Day
- Defender of the Fatherland Day