Events for March 8, 2026

International Women’s Day 2026 (IWD 2026), under the theme, “Rights. Justice. Action. For ALL Women and Girls”, calls for action to dismantle all barriers to equal justice: discriminatory laws, weak legal protections, and harmful practices and social norms that erode the rights of women and girls.

Raise funds for life-saving cancer research. Cancer Council event.

Take on the World’s Greatest Shave and help fund life-changing blood cancer support and research.

Thursday 26 March is International Purple Day, a global movement to increase awareness, reduce stigma and raise vital funds for epilepsy support.

Take steps to save lives with Melanoma march

Glaucoma is a chronic, progressive, degenerative disorder of the optic nerve that produces characteristic visual field damage.