Four aims will guide the global humanist movement’s representative body to 2030, as it prepares to mark its 75th anniversary.
Humanists International has published Our Strategy to 2030, setting out its vision, mission and priorities for the next four years.
The strategy was adopted by the organization’s Board of Directors at its annual strategy meeting in Berlin, from 15 to 18 October 2026, following consultation with the Board, staff and members during 2026.
It is built around a new vision: “Inspired by humanist values, we envision a world where humanists can live an ethical, dignified and fulfilling life.”
The strategy has four aims:
- Members: successful and sustainable humanist organizations exist in every part of the world and are networked together, with Latin America as the priority region for growth to 2030
- Advocacy: human rights priorities based on humanist values are influential at international institutions, with the United Nations at the center of our work and Africa as our next regional focus
- Rights: a new aim to ensure the right to freedom of religion or belief, and the rights of humanists and the non-religious, are documented, defended and recognized worldwide, with the Freedom of Thought Report as its foundation
- Resources: an organization with the reputation, resources and effectiveness to achieve its objectives
Maggie Ardiente, President of Humanists International, said:
“My vision is an egalitarian and peaceful world where every humanist and nonbeliever can live freely and thrive. We will not reach it by 2030, but every step in this strategy moves us closer. Humanists International in 2030 is bigger, braver, and built to last.”
Gary McLelland, Chief Executive of Humanists International, said:
“Humanism has always been a hopeful idea: that people, guided by reason and compassion, can work together to make the world a better place. Seventy-five years after our founders met in Amsterdam, that idea is needed as much as ever. The best chapters of our story are still to be written.”
Humanists International was founded in Amsterdam in 1952 and will celebrate its 75th anniversary at the World Humanist Congress in Lima, Peru, in August 2027.
Read Our Strategy to 2030.
