Celebrate National Women's Day 2025 by honoring Sarojini Naidu's legacy. Learn about its history, significance, and how India marks the occasion with events and initiatives. Written by: Rida Hijab ...

National Women's Day 2025 Date National Women's Day in India is celebrated on February 13th every year. The day celebrates the birth anniversary of Sarojini Naidu, who was born on February 13, 1879.

South Africans will be celebrating National Women's Day this weekend, and many are wondering: do we get a day off?

The first iteration was the National Woman’s Day observance in the U.S. on Feb. 28, 1909, when the Socialist Party of America selected the day to honor striking garment workers in New York City ...

March 8 was officially recognized as National Women’s Day in 1910, according to the U.S. Census. By 1911, the movement had stretched globally with rallies in Austria, Denmark, Germany and ...

International Women’s Day was officially recognised by the United Nations in 1975. Since then, it has gone on to celebrate the monumental impact that women have made around the world.

Years before it became a full month, there was Women's History Week. In 1978, Sonoma County, Calif., held the first known Women's History Week to align with International Women's Day.

The Socialist Party of America declared the first National Women’s Day in 1909. It would be observed on the last Sunday of February until 1913. The following year, at the second International ...

National Women’s Day on 9 August is one of several public holidays in South Africa, but why is this one special? National Women’s Day celebrations started in 1994 and are now held every year ...