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 2019-2020 years
January 2019Monday 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 Japan (Momo-no Sekku)Monday 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 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)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 SloveniaSunday 31 March - Mothering Sunday or Mother’s Day (United Kingdom, Western Christianity; celebrated on the fourth Sunday of Lent)April 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)Monday 13 May - Mother's Day in BotswanaSunday 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 Africa; 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 2019Sunday 8 September - Grandparents Day in Estonia (celebrated on the second Sunday in September); National Grandparents’ DayTuesday 10 September - International Gynaecological Health DayMonday 23 September - Day of Political Rights of Women and Day of Public Libraries in ArgentinaSaturday 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 2019Wednesday 2 October - National Grandparents Day in ItalyMonday 14 October - Mother's Day in Belarus; Mother's Day in Malawi (celebrated on the second Monday in October)Friday 18 October - World Menopause Day (doctors call for women to take action at menopause, to prevent health problems in later life)Sunday 20 October - Vietnamese Women's Day in VietnamMonday 21 October - Mother's Day in Argentina (Date for 2019. celebrated on the third Monday in October)Thursday 31 October - Girl Scouts Founder's Day (United States)November 2019Sunday 3 November - Mother's Day in East TimorMonday 11 November - Women's Day in BelgiumThursday 14 November - Day of the Colombian Woman (Colombia)Friday 15 November - Shichi-Go-San in JapanSaturday 16 November - Mother's Day in DPRKTuesday 19 November - Women's Entrepreneurship DayTuesday 26 November - International Women Human Rights Defenders DayDecember 2019Friday 6 December - National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women (Canada)Sunday 8 December - Mother's Day in Panama; Hari-Kuyō (Kansai region, Japan); Lady of Camarin Day in GuamWednesday 11 December - Establishment of Kurdish Women’s Union (Iraqi Kurdistan)Sunday 22 December - Mother's Day in IndonesiaJanuary 2020Wednesday 1 January - Global Family DayWednesday 8 January - Women's Day in Greece: Gynecocracy
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 Japan (Momo-no Sekku)Monday 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 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)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 SloveniaSunday 31 March - Mothering Sunday or Mother’s Day (United Kingdom, Western Christianity; celebrated on the fourth Sunday of Lent)April 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)Monday 13 May - Mother's Day in BotswanaSunday 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 Africa; 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 2019Sunday 8 September - Grandparents Day in Estonia (celebrated on the second Sunday in September); National Grandparents’ DayTuesday 10 September - International Gynaecological Health DayMonday 23 September - Day of Political Rights of Women and Day of Public Libraries in ArgentinaSaturday 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 2019Wednesday 2 October - National Grandparents Day in ItalyMonday 14 October - Mother's Day in Belarus; Mother's Day in Malawi (celebrated on the second Monday in October)Friday 18 October - World Menopause Day (doctors call for women to take action at menopause, to prevent health problems in later life)Sunday 20 October - Vietnamese Women's Day in VietnamMonday 21 October - Mother's Day in Argentina (Date for 2019. celebrated on the third Monday in October)Thursday 31 October - Girl Scouts Founder's Day (United States)November 2019Sunday 3 November - Mother's Day in East TimorMonday 11 November - Women's Day in BelgiumThursday 14 November - Day of the Colombian Woman (Colombia)Friday 15 November - Shichi-Go-San in JapanSaturday 16 November - Mother's Day in DPRKTuesday 19 November - Women's Entrepreneurship DayTuesday 26 November - International Women Human Rights Defenders DayDecember 2019Friday 6 December - National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women (Canada)Sunday 8 December - Mother's Day in Panama; Hari-Kuyō (Kansai region, Japan); Lady of Camarin Day in GuamWednesday 11 December - Establishment of Kurdish Women’s Union (Iraqi Kurdistan)Sunday 22 December - Mother's Day in IndonesiaJanuary 2020Wednesday 1 January - Global Family DayWednesday 8 January - Women's Day in Greece: Gynecocracy
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)Monday 13 May - Mother's Day in BotswanaSunday 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 Africa; 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 2019Sunday 8 September - Grandparents Day in Estonia (celebrated on the second Sunday in September); National Grandparents’ DayTuesday 10 September - International Gynaecological Health DayMonday 23 September - Day of Political Rights of Women and Day of Public Libraries in ArgentinaSaturday 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 2019Wednesday 2 October - National Grandparents Day in ItalyMonday 14 October - Mother's Day in Belarus; Mother's Day in Malawi (celebrated on the second Monday in October)Friday 18 October - World Menopause Day (doctors call for women to take action at menopause, to prevent health problems in later life)Sunday 20 October - Vietnamese Women's Day in VietnamMonday 21 October - Mother's Day in Argentina (Date for 2019. celebrated on the third Monday in October)Thursday 31 October - Girl Scouts Founder's Day (United States)November 2019Sunday 3 November - Mother's Day in East TimorMonday 11 November - Women's Day in BelgiumThursday 14 November - Day of the Colombian Woman (Colombia)Friday 15 November - Shichi-Go-San in JapanSaturday 16 November - Mother's Day in DPRKTuesday 19 November - Women's Entrepreneurship DayTuesday 26 November - International Women Human Rights Defenders DayDecember 2019Friday 6 December - National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women (Canada)Sunday 8 December - Mother's Day in Panama; Hari-Kuyō (Kansai region, Japan); Lady of Camarin Day in GuamWednesday 11 December - Establishment of Kurdish Women’s Union (Iraqi Kurdistan)Sunday 22 December - Mother's Day in IndonesiaJanuary 2020Wednesday 1 January - Global Family DayWednesday 8 January - Women's Day in Greece: Gynecocracy
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 Africa; 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 2019Sunday 8 September - Grandparents Day in Estonia (celebrated on the second Sunday in September); National Grandparents’ DayTuesday 10 September - International Gynaecological Health DayMonday 23 September - Day of Political Rights of Women and Day of Public Libraries in ArgentinaSaturday 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 2019Wednesday 2 October - National Grandparents Day in ItalyMonday 14 October - Mother's Day in Belarus; Mother's Day in Malawi (celebrated on the second Monday in October)Friday 18 October - World Menopause Day (doctors call for women to take action at menopause, to prevent health problems in later life)Sunday 20 October - Vietnamese Women's Day in VietnamMonday 21 October - Mother's Day in Argentina (Date for 2019. celebrated on the third Monday in October)Thursday 31 October - Girl Scouts Founder's Day (United States)November 2019Sunday 3 November - Mother's Day in East TimorMonday 11 November - Women's Day in BelgiumThursday 14 November - Day of the Colombian Woman (Colombia)Friday 15 November - Shichi-Go-San in JapanSaturday 16 November - Mother's Day in DPRKTuesday 19 November - Women's Entrepreneurship DayTuesday 26 November - International Women Human Rights Defenders DayDecember 2019Friday 6 December - National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women (Canada)Sunday 8 December - Mother's Day in Panama; Hari-Kuyō (Kansai region, Japan); Lady of Camarin Day in GuamWednesday 11 December - Establishment of Kurdish Women’s Union (Iraqi Kurdistan)Sunday 22 December - Mother's Day in IndonesiaJanuary 2020Wednesday 1 January - Global Family DayWednesday 8 January - Women's Day in Greece: Gynecocracy
Sunday 4 August - Matica slovenská Day in Slovakia
Friday 9 August - National Women's Day in South Africa; 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 2019Sunday 8 September - Grandparents Day in Estonia (celebrated on the second Sunday in September); National Grandparents’ DayTuesday 10 September - International Gynaecological Health DayMonday 23 September - Day of Political Rights of Women and Day of Public Libraries in ArgentinaSaturday 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 2019Wednesday 2 October - National Grandparents Day in ItalyMonday 14 October - Mother's Day in Belarus; Mother's Day in Malawi (celebrated on the second Monday in October)Friday 18 October - World Menopause Day (doctors call for women to take action at menopause, to prevent health problems in later life)Sunday 20 October - Vietnamese Women's Day in VietnamMonday 21 October - Mother's Day in Argentina (Date for 2019. celebrated on the third Monday in October)Thursday 31 October - Girl Scouts Founder's Day (United States)November 2019Sunday 3 November - Mother's Day in East TimorMonday 11 November - Women's Day in BelgiumThursday 14 November - Day of the Colombian Woman (Colombia)Friday 15 November - Shichi-Go-San in JapanSaturday 16 November - Mother's Day in DPRKTuesday 19 November - Women's Entrepreneurship DayTuesday 26 November - International Women Human Rights Defenders DayDecember 2019Friday 6 December - National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women (Canada)Sunday 8 December - Mother's Day in Panama; Hari-Kuyō (Kansai region, Japan); Lady of Camarin Day in GuamWednesday 11 December - Establishment of Kurdish Women’s Union (Iraqi Kurdistan)Sunday 22 December - Mother's Day in IndonesiaJanuary 2020Wednesday 1 January - Global Family DayWednesday 8 January - Women's Day in Greece: Gynecocracy
Wednesday 2 October - National Grandparents Day in Italy
Monday 14 October - Mother's Day in Belarus; Mother's Day in Malawi (celebrated on the second Monday in October)
Friday 18 October - World Menopause Day (doctors call for women to take action at menopause, to prevent health problems in later life)
Sunday 20 October - Vietnamese Women's Day in Vietnam
Monday 21 October - Mother's Day in Argentina (Date for 2019. celebrated on the third Monday in October)
Thursday 31 October - Girl Scouts Founder's Day (United States)
November 2019Sunday 3 November - Mother's Day in East TimorMonday 11 November - Women's Day in BelgiumThursday 14 November - Day of the Colombian Woman (Colombia)Friday 15 November - Shichi-Go-San in JapanSaturday 16 November - Mother's Day in DPRKTuesday 19 November - Women's Entrepreneurship DayTuesday 26 November - International Women Human Rights Defenders DayDecember 2019Friday 6 December - National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women (Canada)Sunday 8 December - Mother's Day in Panama; Hari-Kuyō (Kansai region, Japan); Lady of Camarin Day in GuamWednesday 11 December - Establishment of Kurdish Women’s Union (Iraqi Kurdistan)Sunday 22 December - Mother's Day in IndonesiaJanuary 2020Wednesday 1 January - Global Family DayWednesday 8 January - Women's Day in Greece: Gynecocracy
Friday 6 December - National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women (Canada)
Sunday 8 December - Mother's Day in Panama; Hari-Kuyō (Kansai region, Japan); Lady of Camarin Day in Guam
Wednesday 11 December - Establishment of Kurdish Women’s Union (Iraqi Kurdistan)
Sunday 22 December - Mother's Day in Indonesia
January 2020Wednesday 1 January - Global Family DayWednesday 8 January - Women's Day in Greece: Gynecocracy
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day
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Monday 28 January 2019
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Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution in California
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Presentation of Jesus at the Temple (Presentation of the Lord)
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