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Category: Women


Highlighting global events relating to women.

The Women Category focuses on biological women, their needs, health, wants, and desires. For events addressing non-binary persons or gender-identifying alternatives, see the LGBTQ+ category.

Scout Scarf Day, World (1907): August 1

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Scout Scarf Day honors the anniversary of the first Scout Camp on Brownsea Island on August 1, 1907. To celebrate the spirit of scouting, current and former scouts wear a scarf in public on this day.

January

Women's Month, (ZA)(1956): August

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South Africa commemorates Women's Month in August as a backdrop to increased violence and brutality against women and children in our society. The month-long awareness campaign commemorates the anniversa...

January

Sisters' Day, Ntl.: August 3

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National Sisters' Day occurs on the first Sunday in August and coincides with World Friendship Day. This celebration honors the bond between sisters, whether genetically linked, step, or through shared...

January

Single Working Women's Day: August 4

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Single Working Women's Day and Single Working Women's Week honor women who work, bringing home their bacon without support. Often single women face casual discrimination such as being judged on their look...

January

Single Working Women's Week: August 4-10

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Single Working Women's Day and Single Working Women's Week honor women who work, bringing home their bacon without support. Often single women face casual discrimination such as being judged on their look...

January

Jewelry Day, Wear Your Mother's: August 8

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Today is the day to show off your inherited jewelry and tell the story behind it. Wear Your Mother's Jewelry Day was created in 2017 by lifestyle publishing company Feldman Publishing.

January

Varalakshmi Vrat (H): August 8

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Varalakshmi Vrata celebrates the reincarnation of the goddess Lakshmi. Reincarnation is a central belief in Hinduism. Married women fast on this day, praying for their family's well-being and, specifical...

January

Shapewear Day, Ntl.: August 10

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Created by shapewear retailer The Pinkroom, National Shapewear Day celebrates the undergarments men and women use to create the perfect silhouette and minimize jostles and jiggles. Undergarments have been...

January

Kajari Teej (H): August 12

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Kajari Teej (Badi Teej) is a Hindu holiday celebrated in the lunar month of Bhadrapud. Women observe a day-long fast for their husbands. In the evening, they worship the goddess Parvati and pray for the...

January

Women's Day, (TN): August 13

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Women's Day in Tunisia is a national celebration of women, their lives, their contributions, and their independence.

January

Friendship Day, Women's Ntl.: August 17

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Human beings are social creatures and have always valued the importance of friends in their lives. Women tend to be more social than men—fun fact: The average woman speaks 5,000 words daily, while the ave...

January

Bow Day, Intl.: August 19

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International accessories retailer Claire's created International Bow Day before starting the school year. For centuries, bows have adorned clothes, hair, hats, and other accessories. Items like the bowti...

January

Go Topless Day*, Intl. (1920): August 24

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National Go Topless Day is a one-day celebration to support women who reserve the right to go topless in public as means to force gender equality. It falls on the Sunday before August 26. In 1920, this wa...

January

Redhead Days (NL): August 24-25 (est)

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Held annually in late August or early September in the city of Breda, Netherlands, Redhead Days is a festival that draws redheads from all over the world. Only 1.5% of the world's population are natura...

January

Hartalika Teej (H): August 26

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Hartalika Teej is the combination of two words, “Harat” and “Aalika,” which means abduction of a female friend. Legend says that friends of Goddess Parvati took her to the forest so that her father coul...

January

Women's Equality Day, Ntl. (1920): August...

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National Women's Equality Day marks the anniversary of the passing of the 19th Amendment in the United States, granting women the right to vote on August 26, 1920.

January

Rishi Panchami (H): August 28

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Rishi Panchami is a female fasting day in the Hindu faith designed to purify a woman. Hinduism considers menstruation unclean, and women during their monthly cycle are not permitted to enter the kitchen...

January

Jane Addams Day (1931): December 10

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On December 10, 1931, Jane Addams received the Nobel Peace Prize for her pioneering efforts in Social Work. She is the first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. This event began in 2007.

January

Older Drivers Safety Week, Ntl.: December...

Weekly

It is a fact of life that people grow older every day. With increasing age come changes in physical, mental, and sensory abilities that can challenge a person's ability to drive safely. But there are vari...

January

Pansexual Pride Day: December 8

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Pansexuals are romantic opportunists, preferring females one day, males another, and somewhere in between on additional days, depending on how they feel and what they believe is their "true self" minute b...

January
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