General news / 25 March 2014 Caste, racism and manual scavenging in India The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) spoke at the 25th session of the Human Rights council today on the topic… Read More
Media / 18 September 2013 Humanists attack marital and sexual slavery and the Islamic obsession with Islamophobia On Tuesday 17 September 2013, Amelia Cooper, representing the British Humanist Association at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva,… Read More
General news / 3 April 2013 International Topless Jihad Day (4 April) — “We stand in solidarity with Amina, and all those who will join her.” Death threats from authority figures, over a single topless photograph of an activist named Amina, have inspired a global backlash… Read More
8 March 2013 Feminism’s New Indignation There is a new wave of public moral outrage at crimes perpetrated against women, and we must embrace it –… Read More
Humanists International News / 3 October 2012 UN accepts IHEU recommendation on preventable maternal mortality Humanists at the UN have stressed the role of contraception in not only enabling family planning and lowering the rate… Read More
General news / 25 September 2012 Iran shamed for new measures denying higher education to women It may surprise many to learn that the majority of science graduates in Iran are women. But that may be about… Read More
Humanists International News / 16 September 2012 IHEU: 100 million girls will suffer ‘child marriage’ in the next decade IHEU has reminded the UN Human Rights Council that 100 million girls will be victims of ‘child marriage’ in the… Read More
17 December 2011 From the UN: International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, November 25, 2011 The Charter of the United Nations affirms faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human… Read More
4 November 2011 From the UN: Population, Women and Resources This week the world’s population officially reached seven billion people. Yet United Nations (UN) projections now suggest that the world’s… Read More
Humanists International News / 8 March 2011 Belgium honours IHEU president The Belgian government has honoured International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) president Sonja Eggerickx as an “exceptional woman”. To celebrate… Read More
7 June 2010 IHEU pleads for women’s autonomy at UN In the annual all-day debate on the Human Rights of Women at the UN Human Rights Council, IHEU representative Magali… Read More