International Humanist and Ethical Youth Organisation

International Humanist and Ethical Youth Organisation
Formation 2002 (2002)
Region served
Worldwide
Website iheu.org/iheyo/iheyo-about/

The International Humanist and Ethical Youth Organisation (IHEYO) is the youth wing of the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU), founded in 2002. 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

IHEYO East European Conference in Bucharest, Romania in 2015.

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:

NameGroupCountry
Atheist CentreAsiaIndia
Aware GirlsAsiaPakistan
British Humanist AssociationEuropeUnited Kingdom
Junge Humanistinnen & Humanisten in DeutschlandEuropeGermany
Humanist Alliance of the Philippines, InternationalAsiaPhilippines
Humanist Association for Leadership, Equity and AccountabilityAfricaUganda
Humanist Empowerment of Livelihoods in UgandaAfricaUganda
Humanistische JongerenEuropeBelgium
Humanistischer Freidenkerbund Havelland/BrandenburgEuropeGermany
Humanistisk UngdomEuropeNorway
Humanist Society (Singapore)AsiaSingapore
Jong HVEuropeNetherlands
Nigerian Humanist Students SocietyAfricaNigeria
Norwegian Humanist AssociationEuropeNorway
Polish Humanist AssociationEuropePoland
Polish Rationalists SocietyEuropePoland
Social Development FoundationAsiaIndia
Society for Humanism YouthAsiaNepal
Swedish Humanist AssociationEuropeSweden
Unie Vrijzinnige VerenigingenEuropeBelgium
Youth for Community Academic and Development ServicesAfricaLiberia

Structure

Americas WG launch event in Washington, DC 2015.
Asian WG training in Singapore, 2015.

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

IHEYO General Assembly in Oslo, Norway 2015.

Events[7]

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

Jackson with European humanists in Esbeek, Netherlands in 2015.
  • 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

  1. 1 2 3 "About IHEYO and IHEU". Humanist Society Singapore website. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "About IHEYO". IHEYO website. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  3. ↑ African Working Group on Facebook
    African Working Group on Twitter
  4. ↑ Rice, Lily (October 2015). "Learning humanism in Uganda" (PDF). Open Talk Magazine. Humanist Association for Leadership, Equity and Accountability. 8 (8): 14. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "Future of Ethical Societies". American Ethical Union. Retrieved 2016-06-19.
  6. 1 2 "European Humanist Youth Days". EHYD website. IHEYO. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "Upcoming Events". IHEU website. IHEYO. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  8. ↑ Platzek, Arik (1 October 2013). "Vielleicht vergessen wir zu oft die Emotionen". Diesseits. HPD: 2. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  9. ↑ Platzek, Arik (28 April 2013). "Nichtreligion sieht noch immer sehr westlich aus". Diesseits. HPD: 1. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  10. ↑ "Asia Humanism Conference: Breaking Barriers". IHEYO. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  11. ↑ Platzek, Arik (24 April 2013). "Jugend plant für die Zukunft". Diesseits. HPD: 1. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  12. ↑ "European Humanist Youth Days 2013". IHEYO. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  13. ↑ 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.
  14. ↑ "African Regional Humanist Meeting". IHEYO. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  15. ↑ Prien, Marieke (4 May 2015). "Humanism – from Social Media to Public Policies". Diesseits. HPD: 1. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  16. ↑ Prien, Marieke (21 August 2015). "Workshops, Wasserschlachten und Guerilla-Skeptizismus bei Wikipedia". Diesseits. HPD: 1. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  17. ↑ Even Gran (4 November 2015). "Verdens humanister har fått ny sjef". Fritanke. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  18. ↑ Samuel Fuks (24 December 2015). "From Europe: Announcing the 'We Need Youth' Program". IHEU website. IHEYO. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  19. ↑ "IHEYO and IHEU GA". IHEU. Retrieved 2016-06-19.
  20. ↑ van Dijck, Marc (November 2015). "'Met menslievendheid de wijken in'" (PDF). Human. Humanistisch Verbond (3): 17. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  21. ↑ "EC interview – Gea Meijers". IHEU website. 30 September 2008. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  22. 1 2 Even Gran (1 July 2008). "Helgestad takker av som IHEYO-president". Fri Tanke. Norwegian Humanist Association. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  23. ↑ "EC member". IHEU website. 1 July 2008. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  24. ↑ "Silvana Uhlrich". IHEYO website. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  25. ↑ Winter, Inke; Lutz, Renken (23 May 2012). "Humanistische JugendFEIER erfreut sich in Niedersachsen zunehmender Beliebtheit". Diesseits. Humanistischer Verband Deutschlands. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  26. ↑ Barbara Palladini (15 May 2015). "Weekend Uaar Giovani con flash mob". Union of Rationalist Atheists and Agnostics. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  27. ↑ IHEYO (23 May 2016). "IHEYO General Assembly in Malta". International Humanist and Ethical Union. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
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