All over the world it is considered ‘normal’ for women to give birth to children. It is also ‘normal’ to view children as the future of a family, a village, a town, a nation, the world even. It is therefore hard to understand why children had to wait until November 20 1989 for the Convention on the Rights of the Child to be accepted by the United Nations.

“Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains” (Jean-Jacques Rousseau). This is a fact: Freedom is not universally respected, even in western countries. All the governments – not only in so-called “Muslim” countries – that currently oppose human rights in the name of “cultural diversity” are also against any separation of religions and the state.

All over the world, people celebrate important transitions in life with special ceremonies. These rites of passage are as old as mankind itself. Humanist freethinkers also feel the need to celebrate these transitions in life.

In a statement to the UN Human Rights Council, Belgium has come out firmly on the side of individual human rights.

IHEU member organization IHEYO is seeking a Communications Officer - 20 hours or more per week.

The Communications Officer's primary task is to make the communication channels of IHEYO more vibrant. IHEYO is an international youth organisation that carries out international projects among young people in Europe, Asia, Africa and elsewhere.

Unie Vrijzinnige Verenigingen (UVV), the Flemish umbrella organisation for Humanism in Belgium, is celebrating its 35th year this year. A report on some of the achievements of this IHEU Member Organisation.

Unie Vrijzinnige Verenigingen was founded on the 31st of March 1971 as a non-profit organisation. Unie Vrijzinnige Verenigingen wanted to offer a sympathetic ear to anyone who needed one and as such focused much of its attention on achieving this goal. UVV wanted to lay the foundations for moral assistance and for the creation of moral counsellors who would be at the service of the entire population. Counsellors would be readily available for anyone wanting to talk to them, or for anyone wanting to consult with them for help with different problems.