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In which countries holiday has been declared on Women's Day: International Women's Day is celebrated across the world every year on 8 March. Celebrating Women's Day was first started in New York, America.
In the year 1909, the Socialist Party of America declared this day as the first National Women's Day. After this this day started being celebrated all over the world. There are many countries in the world where there is a holiday in honor of women on the occasion of International Women's Day.
India's neighboring countries China and Nepal are also included in this list. Apart from Nepal, only China, Macedonia and Madagascar also give women an official holiday to celebrate Women's Day.
Women's Day is an official holiday in many countries of the world. These include Afghanistan, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cuba, Georgia, Guinea-Bissau, Eritrea, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Moldova, Mongolia, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Including Vietnam, Uzbekistan. And countries like Zambia are included.
In some countries such as Cameroon, Croatia, Romania, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Bulgaria and Chile, the day is not a public holiday but is widely celebrated.
In some countries it is celebrated as Mother's Day. March 8 is also celebrated as Mother's Day in countries like Bulgaria and Romania, where children celebrate by giving gifts to their mothers and grandmothers.
Women's Day was celebrated on this day in Russia. The Julian calendar was recognized in Russia until 1917. The Gregorian calendar was in use in the rest of the world. For this reason Russia used to celebrate Women's Day on 23 February. However, now Russia also follows the Gregorian calendar, so like other countries, Women's Day is celebrated here also on March 8.