 International Women's Day(IWD) is an occasion marked by womens groups around
the world. It is celebrated around the world each year on 8 March.
Womens Day is an important celebration for the achievements and gains made by women around
the world. Woman's Day is a major day of global celebration for the economic, political and
social achievements of women.
The first National Woman's Day was observed across the United States on
28 February 1909.
On the eve of World War I campaigning for peace, Russian women observed
their first International Woman's Day(IWD) on the last Sunday in February 1913. Later on the
same year, This Day was transferred to 8 March. This day has remained the
global date for International Women's Day ever since.
Now, International Womans Day(IWD) is an official holiday in Angola, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Burkina Faso,
Cambodia, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Georgia, Guinea Bissau, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Moldova,
Mongolia, Nepal, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.
Mozambique Womens Day:
Each year on 7 April, Mozambicans celebrate the national Woman's Day and honour the gallant
fighter Josina Machel, who died on 7 April 1970 in armed combat fighting Portuguese oppression.
It is a day to celebrate women's achievements in Mozambique and reflect on their fight for
equal rights.
South Africa Womans Day:
National Women's Day is an annual public holiday in South Africa on August 9. This commemorates
the national march of women on this day in 1956. On August 9, 1956, 20,000 women staged a march
on the Union Buildings in Pretoria to protest against the proposed amendments to the Urban Areas Act
of 1950. Since 1994 August 9, is commemorated annually and is known as Womens Day in South Africa.
Tunisia Woman's Day:
In Tunisia, it is celebrated on August 13th. It commemorates Tunisia's adoption of
the Personal Status Code on August 13, 1956 which gave Tunisian women the legal pre-requisites f
or equality.
The United States even designates the whole month of March as 'Womans History Month'.
In some countries IWD has the equivalent status of Mother's Day where children give small presents
to their mothers and grandmothers.
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