by Juliette Beaulaton Today, the Irish people go to the polls to vote for a referendum on repealing the Eighth Amendment of the Irish Constitution. The eighth amendment was voted into the Irish constitution in 1983. It equated the life of the “unborn” with that of the mother, stating that “the state acknowledges the right… » read more
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Alliances for Solidarity – International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOT).
May 17, 2018
By Juliette Beaulaton Today, we celebrate the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOT). This day was created to shed light on the persistent widespread cases of discrimination against the LGBTI+ community, but also to celebrate sexual and gender diversity across the world. On 17 May, we also commemorate the World Health Organisation’s… » read more
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In solidarity with polish women
March 23, 2018
AEGEE-Europe is deeply concerned by the attempt to further restrict the grounds for legal abortion in Poland. The Polish Parliament is debating a draft bill that would limit the already restricted grounds on which women can access a legal abortion by banning abortion in situations where there is a severe foetal anomaly. Because of the… » read more
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#PressForProgress, Let’s raise our voices together to make International Women’s Day Inclusive & Intersectional !
March 8, 2018
By Juliette Beaulaton & Cristina Cumbreño On this year’s International Women’s Day, we celebrate women* who, through their actions, challenged the status quo, contributed to the fight for women’s rights and towards equality and empowered women around them. It is a time to reflect upon the intense year that was 2017 for women’s rights… » read more
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Zero Discrimination Day
March 1, 2018
by Juliette Beaulaton Four years have passed since the first official celebration of the Zero Discrimination Day. Created in 2013 by UNAIDS, the UN program on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), this day celebrates the right of everyone to be free from discrimination. Because of social… » read more
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The importance of celebrating Human Rights
February 15, 2018
By Noemi Lowy On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Human Rights Day, AEGEE-Europe celebrated this recurrence by proposing a series of activities reminding the importance of those under different perspectives and subtopics. Every year the Council of Europe celebrates Human Rights Day by promoting the No Hate Speech Movement, a campaign… » read more
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July 21, 2017
AEGEE strives for a democratic, diverse and borderless Europe, which is socially, economically and politically integrated, and values the participation of young people in its construction and development. The recent political developments in Poland are concerning us as young Europeans because they are a threat to the Europe we strive for. Democracy is a core… » read more
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Today JEF Europe and AEGEE-Europe sent an open letter to President Tusk and European Commissioner Navracsics, calling on them to apply immediate pressure on the Hungarian government for the withdrawal of its new regulations, threatening the very existence of the Central European University (CEU). European institutions have to uphold the values on which our Union… » read more
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March 29, 2017
We are happy to announce that AEGEE has two national winners for the Charlemagne Youth Prize 2017 competition, awarded annually to youth projects that reflect active participation in the development of Europe: the photoblog project Faces of Europe has been selected as the national winner of Romania and the Summer University Project has won the… » read more
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March 22, 2017
From February 23rd till February 27th, AEGEE’s annual European Planning Meeting has taken place, this time in the beautiful city of Zagreb. The event consisted of two parts: a thematic conference on the topic of ‘Populism and Anti-European Agitation’ and an internal planning event, during which we discussed and developed our plans for the upcoming… » read more
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This blog features reactions on current happenings in Europe, shares visions of Europe, AEGEE's achievements & the opinions of its members.
AEGEE (Association des États Généraux des Étudiants de l’Europe) is one of Europe’s biggest interdisciplinary student organisations. As a non-governmental, politically independent, and non-profit organisation AEGEE is open to students and young people from all faculties and disciplines. Founded in 1985 in Paris, today AEGEE has grown to a Network of 13000 friends, present in 200 cities in 40 countries all over Europe.
AEGEE puts the idea of a unified Europe into practice. Operating without a national level, AEGEE brings 13000 students from 40 different countries directly in touch with each other.
What AEGEE does?
