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Celebrating Differences February January Celebrating differences February March April Cultural May June July Calendar 2021 August September Celebrating differences October At PwC, we hire and nurture professionals who take a variety of approaches to problem-solving, who are willing to challenge the status quo, who think differently November from one another, and who come from many different backgrounds and cultures. We do this because to solve important problems, we need diverse talent. This December calendar reminds us to celebrate the power of diversity every day and, most importantly, to be considerate of holidays that are important to others. Be Yourself. Be different. For more information about our Diversity Strategy, please go to our website www.pwc.nl January 2021 Use your mouse to reveal the events on the next Be Yourself. Be different. pages, by date. F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 New Year’s Armenian Eastern day Christmas / Orthodox Epiphany Christmas Be Yourself. Be different. February 2021 M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Setsubun-sai First Chinese Carnival Valentine’s Ash Purim (ends Lunar New (ends day wednesday February 26) Year’s day February 16) March 2021 Be Yourself. Be different. MT TF WS ST MF TS WS MT FT WS ST MF ST WS MT FT WS ST MF ST WS MT TF WS TS MF ST WSW TM F T SW 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 World International Maha St Patrick’s Nowruz Pesach Palm Compliment Women’s Shivarati day (ends Sunday/Holi Day day April 4) Be Yourself. Be different. April 2021 T WF ST SF MS ST WM T WF ST SF MS ST MW T WF TS FS MS ST MW T WF TS FS MS ST MW T WF 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8W 9T 10F 11S 12S 13M 14T 15W 16T 17F 18S 19S 20M 21T 22W 23T 24F 25 26S 27M 28T 29W 30T F White Good Holy Ching Ming Easter First day of Secretaries Independence Hanuman Kingsday/ Thursday Friday Saturday Festival Monday Chaitra Navrati/ day Day of Republic Jayanti Freedom Day Ramadan of South Maluku of South Africa May 2021 Be Yourself. Be different. ST SF MS ST WM T WF ST SF MS ST MW T WF TS FS MS ST MW T WF ST SF MS ST WM TT WF ST SF M 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2424 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 InternationalNew Year’s Orthodox Remem- Liberation Mother’s Eid al-Fitr/ Ascension World day Pentecost Whit Africa Day Memorial Worker’sday day Easter brance day day day Suikerfeest day for cultural (Whit Monday Day (Dag van de (ends May 13) diversity Sunday) Arbeid) Be Yourself. Be different. June 2021 ST WM T WF ST SF MS ST MW T WF TS FS MS ST MW T WF TS SF SM ST MW T WF ST SF MS ST MW T 1 2T 3F 4S 5S 6 7 8W 9T 10F 11S 12S 13M 14T 15W 16T 17F 18S 19S 20M 21T 22W 23T 24F 25 26S 27M 28T 29W 30T 31F Father’s day July 2021 Be Yourself. Be different. T WF ST SF MS ST WM T WF ST SF MS ST MW T WF TS FS MS ST MW T WF TS FS MS ST MW T WF ST 1 2T 3F 4S 5S 6 7 8W 9T 10F 11S 12S 13M 14T 15W 16T 17F 18S 19S 20M 21T 22W 23T 24F 25 26S 27M 28T 29W 30T 31F NewKeti Year’s Koti Independence Day of Arafah Eid al-Adha day day (ends July 19)/ Mandela Day Be Yourself. Be different. August 2021 SF MS ST MW T WF ST SF MS ST MW T WF TS FS MS ST MW T WF TS FS MS ST MW T WF ST FS MS ST 1 2T 3F 4S 5S 6 7 8W 9T 10F 11S 12S 13M 14T 15W 16T 17F 18S 19S 20M 21T 22W 23T 24F 25 26S 27M 28T 29W 30T 31F Muharram Independence Ashura Raksha Krishna Day Indonesia (ends Bandhan Janmashtami August 19) Be Yourself. Be different. September 2021 W T F ST SF MS ST WM T F S S MS ST MW T WF TS FS MS ST MW T WF TS FS MS ST MW T 1 2T 3F 4S 5S 6 7 8W 9T 10F 11S 12S 13M 14T 15W 16T 17F 18S 19S 20M 21T 22W 23T 24F 25 26S 27M 28T 29W 30T Labor Day/Rosh Yom Kippur (ends First Day of Prince’s Day Simchat Hashanah (ends September 16) Sukkot (ends Torah (ends September 8) September 27) September 29) October 2021 Be Yourself. Be different. F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Diversity Day First day of National Chung Yeung World Halloween Navarati (ends Coming Out Festival Values Day October 14) Day Be Yourself. Be different. November 2021 M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 All Saints All Souls Diwali Saint International Srefidensi/Republic Day First Day of Day Day Martin’s Day Men’s Day of Suriname (Onafhankelijk- Hanukkah (ends heidsdag Suriname)/ December 6) Thanksgiving December 2021 Be Yourself. Be different. W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 International Day Sinterklaas Dongzhi Christmas Boxing Day New Year’s of Persons with Festival eve Disabilities.
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