The Secular Coalition for America has announced a Lobby Day to follow the 2008 World Humanist Congress. The Lobby Day will be an ideal opportunity for U.S. citizens to influence their elected representatives.

Keith Porteous Wood gave the following address on behalf of IHEU and the National Secular Society to the 'Religion And Politics In The New Europe' forum at the European Parliament in Brussels on Tuesday 27th November, 2007.

Europeans who have no religion are increasing in number but are becoming increasingly disadvantaged in the political process.

The majority of the EU population are either non-religious or do not actively practise any religion and they are being betrayed by increasingly strident religious influence on moral matters in EU institutions.

The 76th annual conference of IHEU's Member Organisation the Rationalist Association of India, and the 1st annual conference of Gujarat-Mumbai Rationalists Association will be held on 24 and 25th Nov. 2007 in Palanpur, Gujarat, with the title "Role of Secularism and Humanism in the Construction of a Just Society".

The Global Safe Abortion Conference 2007 organised by three NGOs: Marie Stopes International, Ipas and Abortion Rights, was held at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London on 23 and 24 October. The conference addressed both national and international issues surrounding abortion, focusing on rights, access, advocacy and funding. The conference marked the 40th anniversary (27 October, 2007) of the United Kingdom's 1967 Abortion Act.

IHEU member organization Humanist Society of Scotland will hold its annual conference on 26-28 October 2007 in Pitlochry, Scotland on the theme "Sex Matters". The conference will begin with a debate on the motion "This house believes that prostitution should be decriminalised". Later in the weekend, speakers will include Maryam Namazie, National Secular Society Secularist of the Year and Community Services Officer of the British Humanist Association, and Tuppy Owens, Chair of The Sexual Freedom Coalition. Full details of the conference can be obtained from the organizer, Clare Marsh -- .

The meeting focussed on the campaigning and lobbying activities of the international movement and how IHEU’s member organisations can participate and contribute to the work. Our main strength is the skills of members within the national organisations and all delegates were asked to go back to their organisation and stimulate them to make a contribution to the international agenda.

The emergence of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) is one of the greatest developments in the defense, protection and promotion of human rights in Africa, Leo Igwe writes. I realized this in May when I traveled to represent the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) at the 41st Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and People's Rights (ACHPR) in Accra, Ghana.

Nigerian Humanist Movement warmly invites all humanist scholars, students, supporters, youths, activists and friends to its 2007 Annual Convention. The Convention will be held on Friday August 24 to Saturday August 25, 2007 at The Amphitheatre, River State University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt, River State, Nigeria.

MEPs and representatives of NGOs including IHEU, the National Secular Society and the European Humanist Federation made up a large audience to hear the President of the Parliament, Hans Gert Pottering, when he visited the European Parliament's All Party Working Group on Separation of Religion and Politics yesterday.