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CEU students this week organized the largest celebration of International Women's Day at the university to date, hosting a series of events marking the century-old holiday honoring women’s economic, political and social achievements. 

Festivities began Monday in the Oktogon, where participants wearing “This is what a feminist looks like,” T-shirts handed out balloons and leaflets with information on the annual March 8th holiday, and screened a video on women’s rights and feminism around the world.

Hungarian Supreme Court Justice Agnes Galajda was presented with the International Women of Courage Award on 4 March 2010 by the US Ambassador to Hungary, Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis. The presentation took place in the CEU Auditorium. The award honors women who have shown exceptional courage and leadership in the advancement of women's rights.

The ceremony began with a welcome address by Professor John Shattuck, President and Rector, CEU, followed by remarks from US Ambassador to Hungary, Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis and the presentation of the award to Agnes Galajda.

The Department of Gender Studies, Central European University (CEU) and the Feminist Section of the Hungarian Sociological Association (Feminista Szekció, Magyar Szociológiai Társaság) jointly organized a public lecture on the topic of racism and xenophobia on 25 January. The lecture, entitled “Reinventing Migration Politics: Challenges to Racism and Xenophobia,” was delivered by Mojca Pajnik, Peace Institute, Institute for Contemporary Social and Political Studies, Ljubljana / Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana.