Topic: International Women's Day
How does Brazil mark International Women's Day?
Dia Nacional da Mulher / Dia Internacional da Mulher
- Local date
- March 8, 2027
Brazil's entry changed very recently. Law No. 6,791 of June 9, 1980 created the "Dia Nacional da Mulher", but placed it on April 30, with the stated aim of encouraging women's integration into the development process. Law No. 15,261 of November 13, 2025 amended it: the national women's day moved to March 8, and "Dia Internacional da Mulher" was formally added to the national calendar of commemorative dates. The same 2025 law also created a Dia Nacional das Meninas on October 11. Neither is a national public holiday; they are entries on the official commemorative calendar. So sources published before 2025 may still give April 30 as Brazil's national women's day.
What is this topic?
March 8 falls on the same day in all seven places compared here, and is treated completely differently by each legal system. China gives women a paid half-day, written into the State Council's holiday regulation. Taiwan lists it as a "festival" but its statute states plainly that it is not a day off. The United States does not use the single date at all, designating all of March as Women's History Month. Brazil is the odd one out: its national women's day sat on April 30 until a 2025 law moved it to March 8. What this page compares is not who values women more, but how far each system formally recognises the same date.
Sources and dates
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