International Women's Day 2020 - CANCELLED

03-03-2020 - 11:46
Demonstration in Berlin, Germany, March 8 2019. The demonstrators are holding a sign that reads Women's Rights are Human Rights in red. Graffiti in the background.
March 8 2019, Berlin, Germany. Demonstration for Women's Rights © European Union 2020

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.