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The Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM), in collaboration with the Directorate for Relations with National Parliaments, organized an Inter-parliamentary Committee Meeting celebrating the IWD 2021 on Thursday, 4 March 2021, from 9.00 to 12.00 entitled "We are strong: Women leading the fight against Covid-19".

This event benefited from the valuable contributions of Heads of States and Governments, Members of the European Parliament and of National Parliaments across the EU, frontline workers and other distinguished guests.

FEMM IWD 2021 provided a global forum for an exchange of experiences and best practices in advancing women's empowerment during crises such as the one triggered by COVID-19.

Interesting briefings had been produced on this occasion by the research services, notably Covid-19: The need for a gendered response and Women in politics in the EU: State of play.

• Follow the event on social media: #IWD2021EP

Please be informed that the FEMM International Women's Day 2020 event which was planned to take place on 5th March 2020 is cancelled. In light of the current outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the President of the European Parliament announced in a press conference last evening that for the course of the next three weeks, 130 events at Parliament premises, which were expected to be attended by 6000 to 7000 participants, are cancelled.
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FEMM, in collaboration with the Directorate for Relations with National Parliaments, had planned to hold an Inter-parliamentary Committee Meeting on "The 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action" to celebrate International Women's Day as a special event, taking a look back on progress achieved on gender equality and forward to anticipate future challenges.