Youth

October – 

01 Oct – Intl Day of Older Persons
02 Oct – World Statistics Day 
02 Oct – International Day of
Non-Violence 
05 Oct – World Teachers’ Day 
07 Oct – World Day for Decent Work
10 Oct – World Mental Health Day
11 Oct – International Day of the
Girl Child
13 Oct – International Day for
Disaster Risk Reduction 
15 Oct – International Day of
Rural Women 
16 Oct – World Food Day 
17 Oct – International Day for the
Eradication of Poverty 
24 Oct – Global Media and
Information Literacy Week
24 Oct – United Nations Day 
24 Oct – Disarmament Week
24 Oct – World Development Information Day
31 Oct – World Cities Day

Monthly Observances
Industry and Commerce Safety Month
National Statistics Month
Local Government Month
Consumer Welfare Month
Cooperatives Month
National Quality and Productivity Improvement Month
National Health and Wellness Tourism Month
National Indigenous Peoples Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: Elderly Filipino Week
Week 2: National Health Education Week
Local Government Week
National Mental Health Week
Oct 17-23: National Week for Overcoming Extreme Poverty
Oct 18-24: United Nations Week
Last Week:  Nurses’ Week
Consumers’ Protection Week
Week of the 4th Sunday: Barrio Farmers’ Week
Daily Observances:
First Monday (Oct 4): Universal Children’s Day in the Philippines
Oct 4: Kindness to Animals Day
Oct 5: National Teachers’ Day
Oct 10: Local Government Day
Third Thursday (Oct 14): Conflict Resolution Day
Oct 21: Tenants’ Emancipation day
Oct 24: United Nations Day
Oct 29: National Indigenous People’s Thanksgiving Day