{{Short description|Argentine university political group}} {{Infobox Political Youth Organisation |name = Franja Morada |native_name = |colorcode = #673147 |logo = FranjaMorada.png |chairperson = Antonella Bormapé |secretary = |founded = {{Start date|1967}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telam.com.ar/notas/201708/199232-se-cumplen-50-anos-de-la-fundacion-de-franja-morada.html|archivedate=6 October 2022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006195935/https://www.telam.com.ar/notas/201708/199232-se-cumplen-50-anos-de-la-fundacion-de-franja-morada.html|title=Se cumplen 50 años de la fundación de Franja Morada|last=Del Corro|first=Fernando|date=26 August 2017|access-date=1 October 2022|language=es|url-status=live}}</ref> |headquarters = [[Buenos Aires]] |international = [[International Union of Socialist Youth]] |regional1_type = |ideology = [[Progressivism]]<ref name=democracia>{{cite web|url=https://www.diariodemocracia.com/locales/junin/47033-franja-morada-anos-identidad-universitaria/|work=Diario Democracia de Junín|title=Franja Morada, 45 años de identidad universitaria|date=17 November 2012|access-date=1 October 2022|language=es}}</ref><br />[[Argentine university reform of 1918|Reformism]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telam.com.ar/notas/201706/191961-franja-morada-celebro-50-anos-reivindicando-la-educacion-laica.html|work=[[Télam]]|title=Franja Morada celebró 50 años, reivindicando la educación laica|date=11 June 2017|access-date=1 October 2022|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810020513/https://www.telam.com.ar/notas/201706/191961-franja-morada-celebro-50-anos-reivindicando-la-educacion-laica.html|archive-date=10 August 2017}}</ref> |regional1_name = |mother party = [[Radical Civic Union]] |website = {{url|http://www.franjamorada.org.ar/}} |colours = {{colorbox|#673147}} [[Purple]] }} '''Franja Morada''' ("Purple Strip") is the [[student wing]] of the [[Radical Civic Union]] (UCR), a major political party in [[Argentina]]. Founded in 1967, it has led the [[Argentine University Federation]] (FUA) since the end of the [[National Reorganization Process|military dictatorship]] in 1983.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.memoria.fahce.unlp.edu.ar/libros/pm.733/pm.733.pdf|last1=Liaudat|last2=Liaudat|last3=Pis Diez|first1=Santiago|first2=María Dolores|first3=Nayla|title=En las aulas y en las calles: Antecedentes, continuidades y rupturas de una década del movimiento estudiantil universitario argentino (2002-2011)|location=Buenos Aires|publisher=Ediciones Herramienta|date=2012|page=69|isbn=978-987-1505-27-2|language=es}}</ref>
The organization takes its name from the [[Argentine university reform of 1918|1918 University Reform]]. During the storming of the [[National University of Córdoba]], student protestors ripped off the curtains of the ''Aula Magna'' and waved them as flags – the curtains were purple, the same color as the [[Stole (vestment)|stoles]] of the Catholic clerics who ran the university. Purple thus became the identifying color of supporters of the reform, which sought to democratize universities and end the Church's involvement in public higher education.<ref>{{cite book|title=La Franja. De la experiencia universitaria al desafío del poder|last=Beltrán|first=Mónica|date=2013|location=Buenos Aires|publisher=Aguilar|isbn=9870429432|language=es}}</ref>
Franja Morada's "mesa nacional" has a secretary general and three adjunct secretaries. Elections to national authorities take place every two years. Since 2022, the secretary general has been Antonella Bormapé, of the [[National University of La Plata]]. Despite being affiliated to the UCR, it is institutionally autonomous.<ref name=democracia/>
Franja Morada currently holds the presidency of the [[Argentine University Federation]] (FUA), the most important student organization in Argentina, as well as the presidency of several local University Federations throughout the country.
Internationally, Franja Morada is affiliated to the [[International Union of Socialist Youth]] (IUSY).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/176763-quisieron-volver-y-no-pudieron|work=[[Página 12]]|title=Quisieron volver y no pudieron|last=Abrevaya|first=Sebastián|date=24 February 2019|access-date=1 October 2022|language=es}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{official website|http://www.franjamorada.org.ar/}} {{in lang|es}}
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[[Category:Student wings of political parties in Argentina]] [[Category:Student wings of social democratic parties]] [[Category:Radical Civic Union]]
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