Rights of women

There is a new wave of public moral outrage at crimes perpetrated against women, and we must embrace it –…

Humanists at the UN have stressed the role of contraception in not only enabling family planning and lowering the rate…

It may surprise many to learn that the majority of science graduates in Iran are women. But that may be about…

IHEU has reminded the UN Human Rights Council that 100 million girls will be victims of ‘child marriage’ in the…

The Charter of the United Nations affirms faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human…

This week the world’s population officially reached seven billion people. Yet United Nations (UN) projections now suggest that the world’s…

The Belgian government has honoured International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) president Sonja Eggerickx as an “exceptional woman”. To celebrate…

In the annual all-day debate on the Human Rights of Women at the UN Human Rights Council, IHEU representative Magali…

The British Humanist Association (BHA) has condemned votes in the House of Lords last night, January 25, which removed the…

Speaking in the plenary debate at the Human Rights Council on 30 September on the Rights of Women, IHEU representative…

The UN Human Rights Council has adopted the attached resolution on Preventable Maternal Mortality. The text of the speech given…