Campaigns / 27 March 2006 IHEU in last-gasp appeal to Human Rights Commission on freedom of expression With the adoption by the UN General Assembly ealier this month of the resolution creating the new Human Rights Council,… Read More
Humanists International News / 24 March 2006 IHEU President receives Danish award The Danish Free Press Society has awarded its newly-instituted Free Press Prize to the Norwegian-Pakistani comedienne and satirist Shabana Rehman… Read More
Young Humanists International / 6 March 2006 Executive Committee meets: an update on plans The weekend of 3-5 February, the EC had an official meeting concerning current and future projects for IHEYO. It was… Read More
Growth and Development / 5 February 2006 “Progress for Women is Progress for All” World Summit Commits to Universal Access to Reproductive Health by 2015 The largest ever gathering of world leaders resolved in… Read More
Campaigns / 3 February 2006 Nigerian Humanist Movement opposes government move to ban same-sex marriages The Nigerian Humanist Movement has condemned a recent move by the Nigerian government to ban same-sex marriages. On January 18,… Read More
Campaigns / 26 January 2006 NGOs speak at UN meeting on Racism In a strong joint statement delivered to an Intergovernmental Working Group at the UN in Geneva on 23 January, IHEU… Read More
Growth and Development / 25 January 2006 Women Parliamentarians: Rwanda Leads No country in the world has more women than men in its national parliament, the recently released Inter-Parliamentary Union survey… Read More
25 January 2006 Dance 4 Life In total contrast to the blinkered US government approach to AIDS prevention, a young Dutch organisation has launched an international… Read More
Conferences / 5 January 2006 UN Bioethics Panel on Women’s Rights On Friday, January 27, 2006 a panel of leading bioethicists, physicians and activists will discuss women's reproductive and sexual rights… Read More
Campaigns / 31 December 2005 Shari’a Courts and Fatwas in India A number of recent news stories in India have reported on Shari'a courts and fatwas. The Indian Express of 19… Read More
Growth and Development / 30 December 2005 States must act to save hundreds of millions of abused children, UN report urges 14 December 2005 - Hundreds of millions of children suffer from severe exploitation, becoming virtually invisible to the world -… Read More