In Tajikistan, International Women's Day is officially embraced as both International Women's Day and Mother's Day, a dual recognition honoring women as caregivers, educators, and the backbone of the family.

When is International Women's Day?

International Women's Day is observed annually on March 8.

The following is the list of International Women's Day from 2020 to 2049.

The History of International Women's Day?

March 8 became widely celebrated in the wake of the 1917 Russian women's strikes, and Lenin's declaration in 1922 made it the official "Working Women's Day" across the Soviet Union.

Tajikistan, as part of the Soviet republics, officially adopted March 8 as a public holiday in 1922.

From the 1930s onward, the Soviet state launched programs in Tajikistan mirroring broader Soviet policies. Hujum Campaign (1927 onward), a targeted effort to dismantle gender inequality, was formally launched on International Women's Day, March 8, 1927. This was part of a broader Soviet push to integrate Tajik women into society and public life. The female literacy was low pre-WWII, but during WWII and after, Tajik women increasingly entered the workforce.

After Tajikistan's independence in 1991 following the Soviet Union's collapse, March 8 remained a public holiday, but its symbolism shifted marking women as nurturers, educators and family pillars

Today, March 8 in Tajikistan continues as a public holiday and Women's/Mother's Day.