Fields of Fuel, a documentary in which IHEU member organization American Humanist Association was a partner and fiscal sponsor, won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival. The award was presented to the film’s director, Josh Tickell, a Humanist, at the Saturday night, January 26, awards ceremony, hosted by actor William H. Macy.

Sonja Eggerickx, President of IHEU, spoke at a seminar held in London on 8 March 2007 to mark International Women's Day. The text of her speech is available here, or you can view a video.

The BBC does not allow secular thinkers on 'Thought For The Day' and is committed to keeping the slot religious. IHEU member organization The Humanist Society of Scotland affirms that morality and ethics are not the sole preserve of faith groups and so has decided to create and podcast its own Humanist TFTDs on www.thinkhumanist.org This will be available to every Humanist organisation throughout the world. The aim is both to offer an alternative to religious morality and to show the BBC and the public that Humanists can be equally, if not more, thought provoking than religious thinkers, when tackling moral and ethical issues.

IHEU Executive Director Babu Gogineni is to speak at the Group Representatives Annual Meeting (GRAM) of the Humanist Groups Network. GRAM is to be held in London, UK on 20 November 2004.

His subject will be The IHEU (International Humanist and Ethical Union) and local humanism - "Twinning".

Secretary General of the French Freethinker Association Christian Eyschen interviewed IHEU Director Babu Gogineni on "IHEU, issues of Separation of Religion and State and Blasphemy" -- transcript of the 20 minute interview broadcast, Sunday 9 March 2003

Translations kindly provided by the Libre Pensee Francaise, an IHEU Full Member Organisation

Sunday 9 March. 2003

This is Christian Eyschen on the microphone, General Secretary of the French National Freethought Organisation, and also one of the representatives of the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) at UNESCO. Today, we are pleased to welcome to the programme our friend Babu Gogineni, Executive Director of this international organization: the IHEU.

IHEU at the Inauguration of the Radical Humanist Centre, Inkolle, Andhra Pradesh, India; 17 January '03 Speech by Levi Fragell, President of IHEU: "Terrorism, religion and Humanism"

In so-called politically correct circles it is politically incorrect to say that the growth of terrorism is due to conflicts between religions. In those circles it may be admitted that terrorism sometimes can be caused by cultural differences, but if religion is part of that culture - it is always explained as evil misuse of the "real" or "true" religion, and a deviation from the deeper meaning of the holy texts.

Education: an effective human rights instrument to promote tolerance and prevent discrimination based on religion and belief.

Speech delivered by humanist Dhyan Vermeulen during the 'Preliminary Program for the Strategy Development' Seminar, held from 7 to 9 December 2002 in Oslo and organised by the Oslo Coalition Initiative on developing a Global Interdisciplinary Network.

Dhyan Vermeulen is a Humanist Ethical Education Expert in the Netherlands.

In 1998 the Oslo Coalition was formed with 150 Human Rights, Religious Representatives and Human Rights Experts. The Oslo Coalition is an independent body, an NGO and there is a Oslo Decalaration.

Executive Director of IHEU, Babu Gogineni has been invited to participate in a discussion which took place on Thursday 7 November at 5.30 pm UK time in a programme on "Religion and Politics". The programme was broadcast live all over the world - Jane Verjee and Jim Clancy were the CNN anchors.

The 30 minute debate/discussion programme featured Taslima Nasrin (a persecuted author, in New York st