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Minority Rights
are Human Rights
Who are we
Youth of European Nationalities (YEN) is the largest network of youth organisations of autochthonous, national and linguistic minorities (later referred to as “minorities”) in Europe.
Minority youth organisations are vital actors of civil society, spaces of democratic life and youth participation offering unique opportunities for self-representation on local and regional levels.
Under the slogan “Minority Rights Are Human Rights”, YEN represents the interests of minority youth on a European level and aims to support the personal development of young minority members to become active citizens and changemakers.
YEN aims to create a network of solidarity, a safe space for reflection and opportunities for peer learning between minority youth living in different parts of Europe.
YEN is run and led by young people, for young people, and it sees itself as a self-determined and self-organized youth organization, whose activity is carried out and determined by youth.
Latest News
Call for Participants / Call für Teilnehmer*innen – Autumn Seminar 2025/Herbstseminar 20205 “Visibility through Creativity”
Are you 16–30 and part of a ethnic, national, linguistic and autochthonous minority in Europe? Want to explore your identity through theatre, creative writing or dance?
YENs events in 2025!
Are you ready to connect and create with young minorities from all over Europe?
Autumn Seminar “Raise your Voice” 2024
YEN’s final major event of the year, the Autumn Seminar under the topic “Raise Your Voice”, took place in Pécs, Hungary, from the 4th to the 10th of November.