Young Humanists International
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Formation | 2002 |
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Region served | Worldwide |
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The International Humanist and Ethical Youth Organisation (IHEYO) is the youth wing of the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU), founded in 2002[citation needed]. It aims to network young humanists around the world together, support training and promote humanist values for the age category of 18–35. It is an umbrella organisation representing around 40,000 young people[1] across the world.[2]
Purpose
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The International Humanist and Ethical Youth Organisation (IHEYO) is the international umbrella organisation for Humanist youth organisations. IHEYO's main identity is to bring into active association youth groups and young humanist individuals throughout the world interested in promoting humanism, as is described in the IHEU Amsterdam Declaration 2002. IHEYO brings together people who describe themselves as humanists, atheists, agnostics, freethinkers, skeptics and similar views.
The vision of IHEYO is to give a voice to young humanists within the mission of IHEU. The mission of IHEU is to build and represent the global humanist movement that defends human rights and promotes humanist values worldwide. IHEYO does this by organising international networking events, offering training, connecting youth through social media and by its work in regional working groups. These activities empower IHEYO’s members to achieve their individual, local and regional goals.[1]
IHEYO members form the young humanist communities and campaign for political and cultural change in a diverse range of areas such as religious freedom, women's rights, education rights, abortion rights, LGBTIQ rights, equality, human rights, freedom of speech/thought/belief, public communication of science.[1]
History
IHEYO was formally established in 2003, but it was not completely a 21st-century construct. The first version of IHEYO was launched in 1966, and lasted around ten years. In the ‘80s, it was again revived for a similar period of time. But it was not until 2001, when the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) started an internship programme, that the idea of re-establishing IHEYO as an international humanist youth network was revived in a lasting way.
Membership
Full members:
Name | Group | Country |
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Atheist Centre | Asia | ![]() |
Aware Girls | Asia | ![]() |
British Humanist Association | Europe | ![]() |
Junge Humanistinnen & Humanisten in Deutschland | Europe | ![]() |
Humanist Alliance of the Philippines, International | Asia | ![]() |
Humanist Association for Leadership, Equity and Accountability | Africa | ![]() |
Humanist Empowerment of Livelihoods in Uganda | Africa | ![]() |
Humanistische Jongeren | Europe | ![]() |
Humanistischer Freidenkerbund Havelland/Brandenburg | Europe | ![]() |
Humanistisk Ungdom | Europe | ![]() |
Humanist Society (Singapore) | Asia | ![]() |
Jong HV | Europe | ![]() |
Nigerian Humanist Students Society | Africa | ![]() |
Norwegian Humanist Association | Europe | ![]() |
Polish Humanist Association | Europe | ![]() |
Polish Rationalists Society | Europe | ![]() |
Social Development Foundation | Asia | ![]() |
Society for Humanism Youth | Asia | ![]() |
Swedish Humanist Association | Europe | ![]() |
Unie Vrijzinnige Verenigingen | Europe | ![]() |
Youth for Community Academic and Development Services | Africa | ![]() |
Structure
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IHEYO's Working Groups are the forum through which Humanist organisations can get in touch and work together with others in the same region. There are four Working Groups: the Asian Humanist Alliance, African Working Group, European Working Group and Americans Working Group.
African Working Group
The African Working Group (in short: AfWG)[3] of IHEYO was established around 2005. It organises regional meetings in East and West Africa. The African Working Group is mainly organised in East Africa (Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, etc.) and West Africa (Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, Cameroon, etc.). The Fourth Annual IHEYO East African Regional Working Group Meeting was held in Kigali on 26–28 August 2015.[4]
Americas Working Group
The American Working group is the newest and launched in Washington DC in May 2015 at the Future of Ethical Societies Annual conference.[5] This working group covered Canada, the United States of America, Central America and South America.
Asian Humanist Alliance (Asian Working Group)
The Asian Working Group is a joint humanist effort in this continent to foster humanist values and ideas. Since its inception in 2007, it has published information −bulletins, has had regular meetings and organised events. The Working Group has members in Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and the Philippines.
European Working Group
The European Working group (EWG) combines all IHEYO member organisations in Europe. The EWG has annual face-to-face meetings to coordinate the international exchanges taking place at events organised in Europe, including the European Humanist Youth Days (EHYD).[6]
Events
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IHEYO General Assembly | in Oslo, Norway 2015. |
Events[7]
- 21–23 June 2013: Asia Humanism Conference: Breaking Barriers in the Philippines[8][9][10]
- 2–5 August 2013: European Humanist Youth Days in Brussels, Belgium[11][12]
- October/November? 2013: African Regional Humanist Meeting in Uganda[13][14]
- 14-18 April 2014 Asian Working Group Meeting in Nepal
- 24–26 April 2015: Humanist East European Conference in Bucharest, Romania[15]
- 7–11 August 2015: Summer Weekend in Esbeek, Netherlands[16]
- 31 October–1 November 2015: IHEYO General Assembly in Oslo, Norway[17]
- 18 - 20 March 2016: (Centre d’Action laïque) Brussels, Belgium[18]
- 21 May: IHEYO General Assembly in Malta,[19]
- 29 - 31 July 2016: European Humanist Youth Days in Utrecht, Netherlands[6]
Better Tomorrow
Better Tomorrow is IHEYO's annual charity event. Its concept was based on the British student federation AHS's Non-Prophet Week.[20]
Presidents
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- 2002–2005: Gea Meijers[21]
- 2006–June 2008: Lars-Petter Helgestad (ad interim)[22]
- June–November 2008: Uttam Niraula (ad interim)[22][23]
- 2008–2014: Silvana Uhlrich[24][25]
- August 2014–May 2016: Nicola Young Jackson[26]
- May 2016–present: Marieke Prien[27]
References
- ^ a b c "About IHEYO and IHEU". Humanist Society Singapore website. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
- ^ "About IHEYO". IHEYO website. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- ^ African Working Group on Facebook
African Working Group on X - ^ Rice, Lily (October 2015). "Learning humanism in Uganda" (PDF). Open Talk Magazine. 8 (8). Humanist Association for Leadership, Equity and Accountability: 14. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
- ^ "Future of Ethical Societies". American Ethical Union. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
- ^ a b "European Humanist Youth Days". EHYD website. IHEYO. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
- ^ "Upcoming Events". IHEU website. IHEYO. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- ^ Platzek, Arik (1 October 2013). "Vielleicht vergessen wir zu oft die Emotionen". Diesseits. HPD: 2. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- ^ Platzek, Arik (28 April 2013). "Nichtreligion sieht noch immer sehr westlich aus". Diesseits. HPD: 1. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- ^ "Asia Humanism Conference: Breaking Barriers". IHEYO. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- ^ Platzek, Arik (24 April 2013). "Jugend plant für die Zukunft". Diesseits. HPD: 1. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- ^ "European Humanist Youth Days 2013". IHEYO. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- ^ Ongere, George; Albarus, Saskia; Platzek, Arik (10 July 2014). "Humanismus nutzen, um den weniger Glücklichen in Afrika zu helfen". Diesseits. HPD: 1. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- ^ "African Regional Humanist Meeting". IHEYO. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- ^ Prien, Marieke (4 May 2015). "Humanism – from Social Media to Public Policies". Diesseits. HPD: 1. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- ^ Prien, Marieke (21 August 2015). "Workshops, Wasserschlachten und Guerilla-Skeptizismus bei Wikipedia". Diesseits. HPD: 1. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- ^ Even Gran (4 November 2015). "Verdens humanister har fått ny sjef". Fritanke. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- ^ Samuel Fuks (24 December 2015). "From Europe: Announcing the 'We Need Youth' Program". IHEU website. IHEYO. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- ^ "IHEYO and IHEU GA". IHEU. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
- ^ van Dijck, Marc (November 2015). "'Met menslievendheid de wijken in'" (PDF). Human (3). Humanistisch Verbond: 17. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- ^ "EC interview – Gea Meijers". IHEU website. 30 September 2008. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
- ^ a b Even Gran (1 July 2008). "Helgestad takker av som IHEYO-president". Fri Tanke. Norwegian Humanist Association. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
- ^ "EC member". IHEU website. 1 July 2008. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
- ^ "Silvana Uhlrich". IHEYO website. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
- ^ Winter, Inke; Lutz, Renken (23 May 2012). "Humanistische JugendFEIER erfreut sich in Niedersachsen zunehmender Beliebtheit". Diesseits. Humanistischer Verband Deutschlands. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
- ^ Barbara Palladini (15 May 2015). "Weekend Uaar Giovani con flash mob". Union of Rationalist Atheists and Agnostics. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
- ^ IHEYO (23 May 2016). "IHEYO General Assembly in Malta". International Humanist and Ethical Union. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
External links
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