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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.