AD
Today is: April 26
Scroll to explore events active on this date.
For the current year, this category includes: 2819 events.
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.
Women Events
Women's Day, Intl. (1857): March 8
Daily
International Women's Day, also known as International Working Women's Day, is celebrated on March 8th every year to promote women's rights, gender equality, and social and economic justice for all women...
January
Women's History Month, Ntl.: March
Monthly
In 1986, 14 states declared March as Women's History Month, and Congress declared the entire month of March 1987 National Women's History Month in perpetuity. A special Presidential Proclamation is issued...
January
World's Greatest Shave (AU): March (est)
Monthly
The World’s Greatest Shave began back in 1998 and is now one of Australia’s significant and most loved fundraising events. Each year the Leukemia Foundation sets aside an official week in March for this f...
January
Alcohol and Other Drug-Related Birth Defec...
Weekly
Each May, NCADD and the National Network of Affiliates play a significant and vital role across the US in educating people, especially women, about the dangers of consuming alcohol and using drugs during...
January
Birth Control Pill Day (1960): May 9
Daily
Gregory Pincus, bolstered by the advocacy of Margaret Sanger and funding from heiress Katherine McCormick, created the first birth control pill using synthesized hormones in 1952. The idea of birth contr...
January
Birth Mother's Day: May 10
Daily
Mary Jean Wolch-Marsh first conceived Birth Mother's Day due to her adoption experience. She knew she was a mother but didn't feel recognized as such, either by those around her or by her daughter's paren...
January
Boys and Girls Club Day (1906): May 19
Daily
Boys & Girls Club Day is an annual celebration of the over 150-year-old history of Boys and Girls clubs across the country. Concerned for the welfare of boys left to roam the streets in 1860, three wome...
January
Cyclofemme: May 11
Daily
Cyclofemme is an annual global event that celebrates women and cycling. It was founded in 2012 by Sarai Snyder, a cyclist with the website Girl Bike Love. She aims to empower women and encourage women to...
January
Dog Mom's Day, Ntl.: May 10
Daily
Created in 2018 by DIG, National Dog Mom's Day celebrates a woman's best friend and her bond with her dog. Many women without children (or with) consider their dogs (and cats) to be their four-legged chil...
January
Hyperemesis Gravidarum Awareness Day: May...
Daily
Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG) is a debilitating and potentially life-threatening pregnancy disease marked by rapid weight loss, malnutrition, and dehydration due to unrelenting nausea and vomiting with pote...
January
Infertility Survival Day, Ntl.: May 4
Daily
Mother’s Day is difficult for women and families who want to have children but cannot. Therefore, the Sunday prior to Mother’s Day is National Infertility Survival Day, set aside for those struggling with...
January
Maternal Mental Health Week: May 1-7
Weekly
Maternal mental health disorders occur during pregnancy and up to one year postpartum. They can be mild or severe, including deep depression and anxiety, a less common but severe postpartum psychosis, whi...
January
Menstrual Hygiene Day, Global: May 28
Daily
Menstruation is a normal biological process wherein about 800 million women and girls menstruate on any given day. Yet, periods continue to be shrouded in taboos and myths, and women and girls are stigmat...
January
Midwife, International Day of the: May 5
Daily
International Day of the Midwife was created in 1991 by the International Confederation of Midwives and is observed in over 50 countries. Today, 80 percent of those alive were born with the help of a mid...
January
Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girl...
Daily
National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls Honors Victims and Calls for Action National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls acknowledges and ra...
January
Moms Week, Salute to 35+: May 11-17
Weekly
In developed nations, women are waiting longer to have children, which has advantages. Older mothers have more life experience and are generally wealthier and more mature. Of course, it has its drawbacks....
January
Mother's Day (HT): May 25
Daily
Mother's Day traditionally falls in May because it is the ceremonial birth month of Mary, Mother of Jesus. Though most nations celebrate it on the second Sunday of May, Haiti chooses the last Sunday as it...
January
Mother's Day: May 11
Daily
The US Congress created Mother's Day on May 8, 1914, which always falls on the second Sunday in May. Over 60% of nations worldwide recognize this day as Mother's Day, and the remaining 40% have different...
January
Motherless Daughters Awareness Week (AU):...
Weekly
Mother's Day can be difficult for many people, but it is especially tough on daughters who have lost their mothers. Motherless Daughters Awareness Week is set aside each year in Australia to support child...
January
No Diet Day, Intl.: May 6
Daily
Sponsored by ISAA, the International Size Acceptance Association, International No Diet Day promotes size acceptance and seeks to end weight-based discrimination worldwide using advocacy and visible, lawf...
January
AD
/footer-logo.svg){kind=logo}
LEGAL: Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear attribution is given to Jubilee LLC and LEEPCalendar.com, with appropriate and specific direction to the original content (Page URL). Additional documents, embedded videos and additional image rights retained by their creators and are provided to increase understanding of the event or topic.
Jubilee LLC reserves the right to accept or reject inclusion of events in this calendar. The appearance of an event in LEEP Calendar does not imply endorsement of the event, nor the organization championing the event by Jubilee LLC, its stakeholders, customers or subsidiaries. All dates, contact information, URLs, addresses, and information relating to any event, promotion or holiday are subject to change without notice and should be treated as estimated. Jubilee LLC, our stakeholders, customers and subsidiaries cannot warrant accuracy. Users of this application are solely responsible for verifying actual event date with organizers and additional sources prior to committing resources, financial, human or otherwise.
Jubilee LLC, 1712 Pioneer Avenue,Suite 2019 Cheyenne, WY 82001 +1 (484) 226 4777
Copyright © Jubilee LLC / LEEPCalendar.com 2025. All rights reserved.
/Icon awesome-facebook-square.svg)
/Icon awesome-instagram.svg)
/Icon awesome-twitter-square.svg)
/Icon awesome-linkedin.svg)
/Icon awesome-behance-square.svg)