International Women’s Day

International Women’s Day or Women’s Day is celebrated every year on March 8 – falls on a saturday in 2025. This date celebrates the social, political and economic achievements of women throughout history. Women’s Day is not considered a holiday in the United States.

Check the calendar below and find out when Women’s Day will be celebrated in 2026:

Mars - 2026
SUN	MON	TUS	WED	THU	FRI	SAT
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8Women International day	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31	1	2	3	4
3 11 18 25
National holiday  Main Celebration

3 - Vermont Town Meeting Day
8 - Women International day
17 - Evacuation Day
25 - Maryland Day
29 - Palm Sunday
31 - César Chávez Day

International Women’s Day: Origin and History

The idea of an annual celebration for Women’s Day arose in New York in 1909, after the Socialist Party of America organized Women’s Day on February 20, in defense of women’s equal civil rights and voting rights.

In the following year, German professor Clara Zetkin suggested, during the Socialist International held in Copenhagen, that Women’s Day should be celebrated annually.

Starting in 1913, Russian women began celebrating the date on the last Sunday of February. On March 8, a large women’s march took place in Imperial Russia to protest against deteriorating living conditions and unemployment. The labor movement joined the demonstration, which lasted for days and ended up precipitating the 1917 revolution in Russia.

Since then, women’s day was celebrated by Russian women every year on March 8. But it was only in 1975 that the UN (United Nations) recognized the International Women’s Day to take place on this date.

Next Celebrations

Find out when the celebration will fall in the next years:

• Women's Day 2026: sunday, Mars 8.  For 2026 calendar click here.
• Women's Day 2027: monday, Mars 8.  For 2027 calendar click here.
• Women's Day 2028: wednesday, Mars 8.  For 2028 calendar click here.