Anti-Discrimination and Diversity

Equality, diversity and non discrimination are fundamental ingredients of the European idea, but have been mixed up in different ways along the years. Concerning equality, the original recipe prescribed the Aristotelian principle of formal equality, according to which "things that are alike...

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Intercultural dialogue

Intercultural dialogue is promoted both by the Council of Europe and the European Union through their policies and programmes in the field of youth and in other sectors, such as Education, Multilingualism, Culture and Integration.

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Citizenship matters: the participation of young women and minorities in Euro-Med youth projects

Alexandria, Egypt, 19-29 April 2004, in cooperation with the Swedish Institute in Alexandria

This seminar addressed thematic issues related to the Euro-Med programme, which are equally relevant to the human rights culture, namely women's rights, minority rights and approaches with a view to young people's citizenship and participation of young people. In a practical part of the course, the participants had to identify guidelines for applying those principles during youth exchanges and other Euro-Med projects.

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The essays collected here are developed from a research seminar entitled "Diversity, Human Rights and Participation" organised by the Partnership on Youth between the Council of Europe and the European Commission. The studies gathered here are embedded in 10 different national contexts. They...

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