International Women’s Day is celebrated annually on March 8 to honor the achievements of women, to raise awareness about gender awareness and to build gender equality. The day is also marked to celebrate women's empowerment.
The day is celebrated as a global event to highlight the contributions of women socially, economically, culturally and politically.
Notably, this year, the day will be celebrated as a government-declared holiday, according to a few sources on the internet. As per the reports, the day will be marked as a government holiday in India as on the same day some of the states will be celebrating Mahashivrati.
However, it is to be mentioned that some of the states will not have a holiday.
What does google explain?
Reportedly, Many of the Indian states will be celebrating Mahashivratri on March 8, 2025. The states which will not be marking a holiday are Assam, Bihar, Rajasthan, Goa, New Delhi, Mizoram, Tripura, Itanagar, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Meghalaya.
Women’s Day 2025!
This year, Women’s Day will be celebrated under the theme, “Accelerate Action.” Accelerate Action is a global initiative to recognise and promote the use of tactics, tools, and initiatives that have a positive influence on women's advancement.
In 1975, the United Nations declared March 8 to be International Women's Day. Nonetheless, the United States and several European nations celebrated it for the first time on March 19, 1911.
The 1908 labour movement, in which a large number of women garment workers marched through the streets of New York, demanding voting rights, reduced working hours, and better pay, is where the concept of International Women's Day originated. The Socialist Party of America was the movement's leader.