Women’s Days

Monday 3 November - Mother's Day in East Timor

Thursday 6 November - Men Make Dinner Day (celebrated on the first Thursday of November)

Sunday 9 November - Grandparents Day in South Sudan (Second Sunday in November); Grandmother's Day in Argentina (Día de la Abuela is celebrated on the second Sunday of November)

Tuesday 11 November - Women's Day in Belgium

Friday 14 November - Day of the Colombian Woman (Colombia)

Saturday 15 November - Shichi-Go-San in Japan

Sunday 16 November - Mother's Day in DPRK

Wednesday 19 November - Women's Entrepreneurship Day

Thursday 20 November - National Parent Involvement Day in USA (third Thursday of November. The day provides a yearly opportunity for schools and families to honor and highlight the powerful contributions parents and caregivers provide at school and home to support student success)

Saturday 22 November - Good Husband and Wife Day in Japan

Sunday 23 November - Grandparents Day in Singapore (Fourth Sunday in November)

Tuesday 25 November - International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

Wednesday 26 November - Metal Rocker Woman Day

Friday 28 November - Family Day in Nevada

Saturday 29 November - International Women Human Rights Defenders Day

Saturday 6 December - National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada

Monday 8 December - Mother's Day in Panama (Día de la Madre); Hari-Kuyō (Kansai region, Japan); Lady of Camarin Day in Guam

Wednesday 10 December - Namibian Women's Day

Thursday 11 December - Establishment of Kurdish Women’s Union (Iraqi Kurdistan)

Monday 22 December - Mother's Day in Indonesia

Thursday 1 January - Global Family Day (is grew out of the UN Millennium Day celebration, which included the distribution of the 1996 children's book One Day at a Time)

Tuesday 6 January - Little Christmas in Ireland

Thursday 8 January - Women's Day in Greece: Gynecocracy

Saturday 10 January - Migrant Women's Day in Argentina

Monday 12 January - World Daughter's Day (an international initiative that arose from the National Daughter Day in India)

Monday 19 January - Spouse's Day in Russia

Wednesday 21 January - Grandmother's Day in Poland

Sunday 25 January - Honduras National Women's Day

Saturday 7 February - Grandchildren's Day in Ontario, Canada

Sunday 8 February - Mother's Day in Norway (Second Sunday of February)

Monday 9 February - National African American Parent Involvement Day (second monday of february - NAAPID is a day for all parents to come to their child's school, see what their day is like and to support their child's educational future)

Wednesday 11 February - International Day of Women and Girls in Science

Thursday 12 February - Weiberfastnacht in Germany (Held on the Thursday before Lent)

Friday 13 February - National Women's Day in India

Saturday 14 February - V-Day (movement, International)

Sunday 15 February - Susan B. Anthony Day

Monday 16 February - Family Day in Israel (earlier Mother's Day)

Sunday 22 February - Mother's Day in India; Wife's Day or Konudagur in Iceland (Celebrated on Sunday from 18 to 24 February); Birthday of Scouting and Guiding founder Robert Baden-Powell and Olave Baden-Powell (and its related observance: - Founder's Day or "B.-P. day" - World Organization of the Scout Movement); World Thinking Day (World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts)

Tuesday 24 February - Women's Day in Paraguay (Día de la Mujer Paraguaya)

Sunday 1 March - Grandmother's Day in France (La fête des grands-mères is celebrated on the first Sunday in March); Women’s History Month

Tuesday 3 March - Girls Day or Hinamatsuri in Japan (Momo-no Sekku); Georgia Mother's Day

Wednesday 4 March - Mini-skirts Day (the creator of mini-skirts is considered to be Englishwoman Mary Coint - a British designer and fashion designer who introduced her in 1965. Even micro-skirts have appeared since the mid-1960s. The whole difference is how to wear them)

Sunday 8 March - Mother's Day in Albania (also Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Burundi, Burkina Faso, Kosovo, Laos, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan); International Women's Collaboration Brew Day; Women’s Working Day; International Women’s Day

Tuesday 10 March - National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (United States); International Women Judges' Day

Thursday 12 March - Girl Scout Birthday

Saturday 14 March - White Day in Japan (also South Korea, Vietnam, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia and China on March 14, one month after Valentine's Day - ホワイトデ)

Sunday 15 March - Mothering Sunday or Mother’s Day (United Kingdom, Western Christianity; celebrated on the fourth Sunday of Lent: Guernsey, Ireland, Isle of Man, Jersey, Nigeria)

Monday 16 March - National Curl Crush Day in USA (since 2021)

Wednesday 18 March - Grandparents' and Grandchildren's Day or Grandson Day in Michigan

Thursday 19 March - Minna Canth's Birthday in Finland (Finnish writer, playwright, journalist, author of short stories, novels and plays, the first famous woman writer in Finland. Born March 19, 1844. Since 2007, Gender Equality Day has been celebrated in her honor)

Saturday 21 March - Mother's Day in most of the Arab world (Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Lebanon, Mauritania, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen); International Colour Day (The adoption of an international day of colour was proposed in 2008 by the Portuguese Color Association, whose president, Maria Joao Durao, presented the idea to the International Colour Association. The proposal was agreed in 2009 among the members of this society, which is composed of national associations and members representing more than 30 countries)

Wednesday 25 March - Mother's Day in Slovenia

Tuesday 31 March - International Cleavage Day

Tuesday 7 April - Motherhood and Beauty Day in Armenia; Women's Day in Mozambique

Friday 17 April - Women's Day in Gabon (Women's Rights Day)

Monday 20 April - International Strawberry Blonde Day

Tuesday 21 April - Kartini Day in Indonesia

Thursday 23 April - International Girls in ICT Day (aims to encourage and empower girls and young women to consider studies and car eers in the growing field of Information and communications technology)

Saturday 25 April - Red Hat Society Day (The Red Hat Society [RHS] is an international social organization that was founded in 1998 in the United States for women age 50 and beyond, but now open to women of all ages. There are over 20,000 chapters in the United States and over 30 other countries); Wiener Töchtertag or Daughter's Day in Austria (an annual event where girls can broaden their horizons in choosing a career. The initiative of a woman adviser, Catherine Gaal, in cooperation with the Vienna Economic Chamber and the Directorate of Education in Vienna)

Sunday 26 April - Töchter-Tag or Daughter's Day in Hamburg, Germany (The Youth Education Association became the initiator in Hamburg. The idea is to introduce girls to technical professions); Wife Day or Day of the myrrh-bearing women (Orthodox celebrate on the second Sunday after Easter)

Monday 27 April - Emma ’Grandma’ Gatewood Day in Ohio

Wednesday 29 April - Denim Day

Friday 1 May - Therapeutic Massage Awareness Day (since 2014)

Sunday 3 May - Mother's Day in Hong Kong (also Hungary, Lithuania, Mozambique, Portugal, Spain, Romania; celebrated on the first Sunday in May)

Tuesday 5 May - Senior Citizens Day in Palau

Sunday 10 May - Mother's Day in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico; Mother's Day in Kenya (celebrated on the second Sunday in May); Mother’s Day (Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bonaire, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Dem. Rep., Congo, Rep., Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, Germany, Gabon, Gambia, Greenland, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guyana, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Latvia, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Macau, Malaysia, Malta, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Singapore, Sint Maarten, Slovakia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Vietnam, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe); Mother’s Day

Monday 11 May - Mother’s Day in Tokelau (on the Monday after the second Sunday of every May)

Wednesday 13 May - Mother's Day in Botswana

Friday 15 May - Mother's Day in Paraguay; Nylon Stockings Day; International Day of Families

Sunday 17 May - Mother's Day in Kyrgyzstan (celebrated on the third Sunday in May)

Tuesday 26 May - Mother's Day in Poland

Wednesday 27 May - Mother's Day in Bolivia (Día de la Madre)

Thursday 28 May - International Day of Women's Health; Menstrual Hygiene Day (It was initiated by the German-based NGO WASH United in 2014 and aims to benefit women and girls worldwide. Menstrual Hygiene Day has received the support of over 270 global partners who are committed to making MHM a priority worldwide.); International Day of Action for Women's Health

Friday 29 May - Day of Honoring Elders in Venezuela (as “Parents' Day” or “Grandparents Day”); National Elderly Day in Indonesia

Saturday 30 May - Mother's Day in Nicaragua

Sunday 31 May - National Mother's Day in the Dominica; Mother's Day in France (also Algeria, Dominican Republic. First Sunday of June, if Pentecost occurs on this day, Haiti, Mauritius, Morocco, Sweden, Tunisia; celebrated on the last Sunday in May); Mother's Day in Benin (It is celebrated on the last Sunday of May, if the date coincides with the date of Pentecost, then it is transferred to the first Sunday of June)

Monday 1 June - Mother and Child Day in Mongolia; Global Day of Parents

Thursday 4 June - Grandparents and Great-Grandparents Day in Netherlands (Opa en Oma Dag has been celebrated since 2004)

Sunday 7 June - National Day of the Rights of Birth and Respected Childbirth in Venezuela

Friday 19 June - Honor Elders Day in Uruguay (Día del Abuelo similar to Grandparents Day)

Tuesday 23 June - International Women in Engineering Day (National Women in Engineering Day was launched for the first time in the UK on 23 June 2014 by the Women’s Engineering Society (WES) to celebrate its 95th anniversary. Since that launch in 2014 the day has grown enormously over the subsequent years to the point where it received UNESCO patronage in 2016. In 2017, National Women in Engineering Day became international for the first time due to the interest and enthusiasm developed by the international audience and participants in the previous years)

Wednesday 24 June - International Day of Women in Diplomacy

Saturday 27 June - Helen Keller Day

Sunday 28 June - Grandchildren's Day in New Jersey, USA (celebrated from 2014 on the last Sunday of June)

Tuesday 30 June - Obstetrics and Gynecology Day in Peru

Wednesday 1 July - Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Awareness Week in Ohio

Friday 3 July - Women's Day in Myanmar

Sunday 12 July - Everybody Deserves a Massage Week in USA

Thursday 16 July - Unaine Day in Kiribati (Elderly Women)

Wednesday 22 July - International Homework Day

Sunday 26 July - National Grandparents Day in Argentina; Grandparents Day in Brazil (Dia dos avós); Grandparents Day in Honduras (Date reflects the feast date of the Saints Anne and Joachim the grandparents of Jesus Christ); Grandparents Day in Portugal (Portuguese: Dia dos avós); Grandparents Day in Spain (or Día de los abuelos y las abuelas. Date reflects the feast date of the Saints Anne and Joachim the grandparents of Jesus Christ); Parents’ Day

Friday 31 July - Africa’s Women’s Day; National Orgasm Day

Saturday 1 August - Thai Women's Day; Ohio Military Family Month

Sunday 2 August - Sisters Day (Celebrated on the first Sunday of August); US National Boob Day

Tuesday 4 August - Matica slovenská Day in Slovakia

Wednesday 5 August - Underwear Day

Saturday 8 August - International Female Orgasm Day

Sunday 9 August - National Women's Day in South Africa; International Day of Solidarity with the Struggle of Women in South Africa and Namibia

Wednesday 12 August - HM the Queen's Birthday and National Mother's Day in Thailand

Thursday 13 August - Women's Day in Tunisia (commemorates the enaction of Tunisian Code of Personal Status in 1956)

Saturday 15 August - Mother's Day in Antwerp and Costa Rica

Friday 21 August - National Women Soccer Players Day in Argentina

Sunday 23 August - Go Topless Day (celebrated in the nearest to Sunday 26 August)

Wednesday 26 August - Day for the Dignity of Older Adults in Bolivia; Women’s Equality Day

Friday 28 August - National Grandparents Day in Mexico (Día del Abuelos)

Saturday 29 August - Family Day in Hamburg (Celebrated on the last Saturday in August)

Sunday 30 August - Grandparents Day in Columbia (Last Sunday in August); Grandparents Day in Taiwan (祖父母節, Zǔfùmǔ Jié - celebrated since 2010 on the last Sunday of August)

Saturday 5 September - International Indigenous Women's Day

Tuesday 8 September - Rozhanitsy in Ukraine (Celebrated for two days, September 8 and 21)

Thursday 10 September - International Gynaecological Health Day

Sunday 13 September - Grandparents Day in Estonia (Vanavanemate Päev is celebrated on the second Sunday in September); Grandparents Day in Canada (Second Sunday of September); Grandparents Day in Phillipines (Second Sunday in September); Grandparents Day in United States (1978); National Grandparents’ Day

Sunday 20 September - Pensioner's Day in Argentina

Monday 21 September - Rozhanitsy Day in Ukraine (Celebrated for two days, September 8 and 21); Parent’s Week in Ohio

Tuesday 22 September - American Business Women's Day (United States)

Wednesday 23 September - Day of Political Rights of Women and Day of Public Libraries in Argentina

Sunday 27 September - National Daughters Day in India (is celebrated on the 4th Sunday of September every year); International Daughters' Day (Celebrated on the fourth Sunday of September); Gold Star Mothers Day

Monday 28 September - International Safe Abortion Day (The day was first celebrated as a day of action for decriminalization of abortion in Latin America and the Caribbean in 1990 by the Campaña 28 Septiembre)

Tuesday 29 September - Grandparents Day in Ecuador

Thursday 1 October - Grandparents Day in Costa Rica (Between October 1 and 10)

Friday 2 October - National Grandparents Day in Italy (La Festa dei Nonni)

Sunday 4 October - Grandparents Day in South Africa (First Sunday in October); Grandparents Day in United Kingdom (First Sunday in October)

Sunday 11 October - Grandmothers' Day in Germany (Second Sunday in October); Grandparents Day in Hong Kong (Celebrated since 1990 on the second Sunday of October); Grandparents Day in Pakistan (Second Sunday in October); Bolivian Woman's Day (Día de la Mujer Boliviana - the birthday of Adela Zamudio, a national pioneer in the fight against discrimination); National Father–Daughter Day in the United States (on the second Sunday of October); Girl's Day in El Salvador (Día de la niña); International Day of the Girl Child

Tuesday 13 October - No Bra Day (On this day women are encouraged to forgo wearing no bra as a means to encourage breast cancer awareness)

Wednesday 14 October - Mother's Day in Belarus

Thursday 15 October - Mother's Day in Malawi; Grandparents Day in Chile; International Day of Rural Women

Sunday 18 October - Mother's Day in Argentina (Celebrated on the third Sunday in October); World Menopause Day (doctors call for women to take action at menopause, to prevent health problems in later life); Women's Global Happiness Day (directed against the epidemic of depression among women. The idea that arose in 2017 belongs to Carin Rockind)

Tuesday 20 October - Vietnamese Women's Day in Vietnam

Sunday 25 October - Australian Grandparents Day (Last Sunday of October); National Mother-in-Law Day in USA (celebrated on the fourth Sunday in October)

Wednesday 28 October - Grandmothers and Grandfathers Day in Ukraine (Grandparents Day since 2018); Grandchildren and grandparents Day in Russia (a holiday for the whole family)

Saturday 31 October - Girl Scouts Founder's Day (United States)