MOBILE VERSION Women’s Days
How do you celebrate your mother or, honor his memory? On this page, you’ll find Women’s Day dates. "A woman is human. She is not better, wiser, stronger, more intelligent, more creative, or more responsible than a man. Likewise, she is never less. Equality is a given. A woman is human" - Vera Nazaria. The officially recognized date of Mother’s Day varies from country to country.
National traditions, public holidays and notable observances for 2018-2019 years
September 2018Sunday 23 September - Day of Political Rights of Women and Day of Public Libraries in ArgentinaFriday 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)October 2018Tuesday 2 October - National Grandparents Day in ItalySunday 14 October - Mother's Day in BelarusMonday 15 October - Mother's Day in Argentina (celebrated on the third Monday in October); International Day of Rural WomenThursday 18 October - World Menopause Day (doctors call for women to take action at menopause, to prevent health problems in later life)Saturday 20 October - Vietnamese Women's Day in VietnamWednesday 31 October - Girl Scouts Founder's Day (United States)November 2018Saturday 3 November - Mother's Day in East TimorSunday 11 November - Women's Day in BelgiumWednesday 14 November - Day of the Colombian Woman (Colombia)Thursday 15 November - Shichi-Go-San in JapanFriday 16 November - Mother's Day in DPRKMonday 19 November - Women's Entrepreneurship DayMonday 26 November - International Women Human Rights Defenders DayDecember 2018Thursday 6 December - National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women (Canada)Saturday 8 December - Mother's Day in Panama; Hari-Kuyō (Kansai region, Japan); Lady of Camarin Day in GuamTuesday 11 December - Establishment of Kurdish Women’s Union (Iraqi Kurdistan)Saturday 22 December - Mother's Day in IndonesiaJanuary 2019Tuesday 1 January - Global Family DayTuesday 8 January - Women's Day in Greece: GynecocracyMonday 21 January - Grandmother's Day in PolandFebruary 2019Thursday 14 February - V-Day (movement) (International)Friday 22 February - Mother's Day in India; 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)Sunday 24 February - Wife's Day or Konudagur in IcelandMarch 2019Sunday 3 March - Girls Day or Hinamatsuri in JapanMonday 4 March - Grandmother's Day in France (celebrated on the first Monday in March)Friday 8 March - Mother's Day in Albania; International Women's Collaboration Brew Day; International Women’s DaySunday 10 March - National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (United States)Thursday 21 March - Mother's Day (most of the Arab world); 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)Monday 25 March - Mother's Day in SloveniaApril 2019Sunday 7 April - Motherhood and Beauty Day in Armenia; Women's Day in MozambiqueSunday 21 April - Kartini Day in IndonesiaThursday 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)May 2019Sunday 5 May - Mother's Day (Hong Kong, Hungary, Lithuania, Mozambique, Portugal, Spain, Romania; celebrated on the first Sunday in May)Friday 10 May - Mother's Day (El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico)Sunday 26 May - Mother's Day in Poland; Mother's Day (Algeria, Dominican Republic, France (First Sunday of June, if Pentecost occurs on this day), Haiti, Mauritius, Morocco, Sweden, Tunisia; celebrated on the last Sunday in May)Monday 27 May - Mother's Day in BoliviaTuesday 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.)Wednesday 29 May - Mother's Day in the Dominican RepublicThursday 30 May - Mother's Day in NicaraguaJune 2019Saturday 1 June - Mother and Child Day in Mongolia; Global Day of ParentsSunday 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)Sunday 30 June - Mother's Day in Kenya (celebrated on the last Sunday in June)July 2019Wednesday 3 July - Women's Day in MyanmarWednesday 31 July - Day of the African womanAugust 2019Sunday 4 August - Matica slovenská Day in SlovakiaFriday 9 August - National Women's Day in South AfricaMonday 12 August - HM the Queen's Birthday and National Mother's Day in ThailandTuesday 13 August - Women's Day in Tunisia (commemorates the enaction of Tunisian Code of Personal Status in 1956)Thursday 15 August - Mother's Day in Antwerp and Costa RicaWednesday 28 August - National Grandparents Day in MexicoSeptember 2019Monday 9 September - Grandparents Day in Estonia (celebrated on the second Sunday in September)
Tuesday 2 October - National Grandparents Day in Italy
Sunday 14 October - Mother's Day in Belarus
Monday 15 October - Mother's Day in Argentina (celebrated on the third Monday in October); International Day of Rural Women
Thursday 18 October - World Menopause Day (doctors call for women to take action at menopause, to prevent health problems in later life)
Saturday 20 October - Vietnamese Women's Day in Vietnam
Wednesday 31 October - Girl Scouts Founder's Day (United States)
November 2018Saturday 3 November - Mother's Day in East TimorSunday 11 November - Women's Day in BelgiumWednesday 14 November - Day of the Colombian Woman (Colombia)Thursday 15 November - Shichi-Go-San in JapanFriday 16 November - Mother's Day in DPRKMonday 19 November - Women's Entrepreneurship DayMonday 26 November - International Women Human Rights Defenders DayDecember 2018Thursday 6 December - National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women (Canada)Saturday 8 December - Mother's Day in Panama; Hari-Kuyō (Kansai region, Japan); Lady of Camarin Day in GuamTuesday 11 December - Establishment of Kurdish Women’s Union (Iraqi Kurdistan)Saturday 22 December - Mother's Day in IndonesiaJanuary 2019Tuesday 1 January - Global Family DayTuesday 8 January - Women's Day in Greece: GynecocracyMonday 21 January - Grandmother's Day in PolandFebruary 2019Thursday 14 February - V-Day (movement) (International)Friday 22 February - Mother's Day in India; 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)Sunday 24 February - Wife's Day or Konudagur in IcelandMarch 2019Sunday 3 March - Girls Day or Hinamatsuri in JapanMonday 4 March - Grandmother's Day in France (celebrated on the first Monday in March)Friday 8 March - Mother's Day in Albania; International Women's Collaboration Brew Day; International Women’s DaySunday 10 March - National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (United States)Thursday 21 March - Mother's Day (most of the Arab world); 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)Monday 25 March - Mother's Day in SloveniaApril 2019Sunday 7 April - Motherhood and Beauty Day in Armenia; Women's Day in MozambiqueSunday 21 April - Kartini Day in IndonesiaThursday 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)May 2019Sunday 5 May - Mother's Day (Hong Kong, Hungary, Lithuania, Mozambique, Portugal, Spain, Romania; celebrated on the first Sunday in May)Friday 10 May - Mother's Day (El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico)Sunday 26 May - Mother's Day in Poland; Mother's Day (Algeria, Dominican Republic, France (First Sunday of June, if Pentecost occurs on this day), Haiti, Mauritius, Morocco, Sweden, Tunisia; celebrated on the last Sunday in May)Monday 27 May - Mother's Day in BoliviaTuesday 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.)Wednesday 29 May - Mother's Day in the Dominican RepublicThursday 30 May - Mother's Day in NicaraguaJune 2019Saturday 1 June - Mother and Child Day in Mongolia; Global Day of ParentsSunday 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)Sunday 30 June - Mother's Day in Kenya (celebrated on the last Sunday in June)July 2019Wednesday 3 July - Women's Day in MyanmarWednesday 31 July - Day of the African womanAugust 2019Sunday 4 August - Matica slovenská Day in SlovakiaFriday 9 August - National Women's Day in South AfricaMonday 12 August - HM the Queen's Birthday and National Mother's Day in ThailandTuesday 13 August - Women's Day in Tunisia (commemorates the enaction of Tunisian Code of Personal Status in 1956)Thursday 15 August - Mother's Day in Antwerp and Costa RicaWednesday 28 August - National Grandparents Day in MexicoSeptember 2019Monday 9 September - Grandparents Day in Estonia (celebrated on the second Sunday in September)
Thursday 6 December - National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women (Canada)
Saturday 8 December - Mother's Day in Panama; Hari-Kuyō (Kansai region, Japan); Lady of Camarin Day in Guam
Tuesday 11 December - Establishment of Kurdish Women’s Union (Iraqi Kurdistan)
Saturday 22 December - Mother's Day in Indonesia
January 2019Tuesday 1 January - Global Family DayTuesday 8 January - Women's Day in Greece: GynecocracyMonday 21 January - Grandmother's Day in PolandFebruary 2019Thursday 14 February - V-Day (movement) (International)Friday 22 February - Mother's Day in India; 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)Sunday 24 February - Wife's Day or Konudagur in IcelandMarch 2019Sunday 3 March - Girls Day or Hinamatsuri in JapanMonday 4 March - Grandmother's Day in France (celebrated on the first Monday in March)Friday 8 March - Mother's Day in Albania; International Women's Collaboration Brew Day; International Women’s DaySunday 10 March - National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (United States)Thursday 21 March - Mother's Day (most of the Arab world); 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)Monday 25 March - Mother's Day in SloveniaApril 2019Sunday 7 April - Motherhood and Beauty Day in Armenia; Women's Day in MozambiqueSunday 21 April - Kartini Day in IndonesiaThursday 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)May 2019Sunday 5 May - Mother's Day (Hong Kong, Hungary, Lithuania, Mozambique, Portugal, Spain, Romania; celebrated on the first Sunday in May)Friday 10 May - Mother's Day (El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico)Sunday 26 May - Mother's Day in Poland; Mother's Day (Algeria, Dominican Republic, France (First Sunday of June, if Pentecost occurs on this day), Haiti, Mauritius, Morocco, Sweden, Tunisia; celebrated on the last Sunday in May)Monday 27 May - Mother's Day in BoliviaTuesday 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.)Wednesday 29 May - Mother's Day in the Dominican RepublicThursday 30 May - Mother's Day in NicaraguaJune 2019Saturday 1 June - Mother and Child Day in Mongolia; Global Day of ParentsSunday 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)Sunday 30 June - Mother's Day in Kenya (celebrated on the last Sunday in June)July 2019Wednesday 3 July - Women's Day in MyanmarWednesday 31 July - Day of the African womanAugust 2019Sunday 4 August - Matica slovenská Day in SlovakiaFriday 9 August - National Women's Day in South AfricaMonday 12 August - HM the Queen's Birthday and National Mother's Day in ThailandTuesday 13 August - Women's Day in Tunisia (commemorates the enaction of Tunisian Code of Personal Status in 1956)Thursday 15 August - Mother's Day in Antwerp and Costa RicaWednesday 28 August - National Grandparents Day in MexicoSeptember 2019Monday 9 September - Grandparents Day in Estonia (celebrated on the second Sunday in September)
Thursday 14 February - V-Day (movement) (International)
Friday 22 February - Mother's Day in India; 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)
Sunday 24 February - Wife's Day or Konudagur in Iceland
March 2019Sunday 3 March - Girls Day or Hinamatsuri in JapanMonday 4 March - Grandmother's Day in France (celebrated on the first Monday in March)Friday 8 March - Mother's Day in Albania; International Women's Collaboration Brew Day; International Women’s DaySunday 10 March - National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (United States)Thursday 21 March - Mother's Day (most of the Arab world); 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)Monday 25 March - Mother's Day in SloveniaApril 2019Sunday 7 April - Motherhood and Beauty Day in Armenia; Women's Day in MozambiqueSunday 21 April - Kartini Day in IndonesiaThursday 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)May 2019Sunday 5 May - Mother's Day (Hong Kong, Hungary, Lithuania, Mozambique, Portugal, Spain, Romania; celebrated on the first Sunday in May)Friday 10 May - Mother's Day (El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico)Sunday 26 May - Mother's Day in Poland; Mother's Day (Algeria, Dominican Republic, France (First Sunday of June, if Pentecost occurs on this day), Haiti, Mauritius, Morocco, Sweden, Tunisia; celebrated on the last Sunday in May)Monday 27 May - Mother's Day in BoliviaTuesday 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.)Wednesday 29 May - Mother's Day in the Dominican RepublicThursday 30 May - Mother's Day in NicaraguaJune 2019Saturday 1 June - Mother and Child Day in Mongolia; Global Day of ParentsSunday 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)Sunday 30 June - Mother's Day in Kenya (celebrated on the last Sunday in June)July 2019Wednesday 3 July - Women's Day in MyanmarWednesday 31 July - Day of the African womanAugust 2019Sunday 4 August - Matica slovenská Day in SlovakiaFriday 9 August - National Women's Day in South AfricaMonday 12 August - HM the Queen's Birthday and National Mother's Day in ThailandTuesday 13 August - Women's Day in Tunisia (commemorates the enaction of Tunisian Code of Personal Status in 1956)Thursday 15 August - Mother's Day in Antwerp and Costa RicaWednesday 28 August - National Grandparents Day in MexicoSeptember 2019Monday 9 September - Grandparents Day in Estonia (celebrated on the second Sunday in September)
Sunday 7 April - Motherhood and Beauty Day in Armenia; Women's Day in Mozambique
Sunday 21 April - Kartini Day in Indonesia
Thursday 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)
May 2019Sunday 5 May - Mother's Day (Hong Kong, Hungary, Lithuania, Mozambique, Portugal, Spain, Romania; celebrated on the first Sunday in May)Friday 10 May - Mother's Day (El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico)Sunday 26 May - Mother's Day in Poland; Mother's Day (Algeria, Dominican Republic, France (First Sunday of June, if Pentecost occurs on this day), Haiti, Mauritius, Morocco, Sweden, Tunisia; celebrated on the last Sunday in May)Monday 27 May - Mother's Day in BoliviaTuesday 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.)Wednesday 29 May - Mother's Day in the Dominican RepublicThursday 30 May - Mother's Day in NicaraguaJune 2019Saturday 1 June - Mother and Child Day in Mongolia; Global Day of ParentsSunday 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)Sunday 30 June - Mother's Day in Kenya (celebrated on the last Sunday in June)July 2019Wednesday 3 July - Women's Day in MyanmarWednesday 31 July - Day of the African womanAugust 2019Sunday 4 August - Matica slovenská Day in SlovakiaFriday 9 August - National Women's Day in South AfricaMonday 12 August - HM the Queen's Birthday and National Mother's Day in ThailandTuesday 13 August - Women's Day in Tunisia (commemorates the enaction of Tunisian Code of Personal Status in 1956)Thursday 15 August - Mother's Day in Antwerp and Costa RicaWednesday 28 August - National Grandparents Day in MexicoSeptember 2019Monday 9 September - Grandparents Day in Estonia (celebrated on the second Sunday in September)
Saturday 1 June - Mother and Child Day in Mongolia; Global Day of Parents
Sunday 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)
Sunday 30 June - Mother's Day in Kenya (celebrated on the last Sunday in June)
July 2019Wednesday 3 July - Women's Day in MyanmarWednesday 31 July - Day of the African womanAugust 2019Sunday 4 August - Matica slovenská Day in SlovakiaFriday 9 August - National Women's Day in South AfricaMonday 12 August - HM the Queen's Birthday and National Mother's Day in ThailandTuesday 13 August - Women's Day in Tunisia (commemorates the enaction of Tunisian Code of Personal Status in 1956)Thursday 15 August - Mother's Day in Antwerp and Costa RicaWednesday 28 August - National Grandparents Day in MexicoSeptember 2019Monday 9 September - Grandparents Day in Estonia (celebrated on the second Sunday in September)
Sunday 4 August - Matica slovenská Day in Slovakia
Friday 9 August - National Women's Day in South Africa
Monday 12 August - HM the Queen's Birthday and National Mother's Day in Thailand
Tuesday 13 August - Women's Day in Tunisia (commemorates the enaction of Tunisian Code of Personal Status in 1956)
Thursday 15 August - Mother's Day in Antwerp and Costa Rica
Wednesday 28 August - National Grandparents Day in Mexico
September 2019Monday 9 September - Grandparents Day in Estonia (celebrated on the second Sunday in September)
Tuesday 18 September 2018
POW-MIA Recognition Day in Wisconsin
Established to recognize those who suffered or suffer captivity in foreign countries while in active service with the U.S. armed forces. Celebra..→
Wednesday 19 September 2018
International Talk Like a Pirate Day
International Talk Like a Pirate Day - celebrated September 19 is a parodic holiday created in 1995 by John Baur (Ol’ Chumbucket) and Mark Summe..→
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Native American Indian Day in Ohio
Native Americans began receiving special emphasis in 1987 when the National Park began its first "Native American Indian Day" on Septe..→
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International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
Achieving global nuclear disarmament is one of the oldest goals of the United Nations. It was the subject of the General Assembly’s first resol..→
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