Thread by @HumanistsInt

Coming up this weekend: the General Assemblies of @HumanistsInt + @EU_Humanists + @YoungHumanIntl and a conference on "the Ethical Questions of the 21st Century" by the Icelandic Humanists: sidmennt.is. Using #HumanistsIceland for updates. humanists.international/get-involved/e…

Ahead of our General Assembly at #HumanistsIceland this weekend, we're sharing some #facts about our work. They can also be found in our Annual Report for 2018, which you can download (PDF) via: drive.google.com/uc?export=down…

You can find out more about that training here: humanists.international/2018/05/iheu-d…

And here's a recent email we sent to our supporters about the wider work of "Training the world"! humanists.international/civi?page=Civi…

That's a lot of interventions in one year! And that's just the public statements, not even counting side meetings and other advocacy work. Find the archive of our statements to international institutions here: humanists.international/?s=&topic[0]=1…
#facts #HumanistsIceland

Here's one recent example: we confronted Saudi Arabia at the Human Rights Council on the country's widespread human rights failing, in particular highlighting "its treatment of women, secular human rights defenders and the non-religious in the country": humanists.international/2019/03/i-dont…

Money isn't everything! But our grants programmes are an important way we help our Member Organizations to engage in new activity, building capacity and supporting new projects within the humanist movement. humanists.international/2018/04/iheu-a… humanists.international/2018/04/road-a…

And here's some awardees already from 2019, including the first ever Young Regional Humanist Hub grants for @YoungHumanIntl members: humanists.international/2019/05/young-… humanists.international/2019/04/humani…

Thanks to your generosity, we raised over £20,000 in 2018 to help toward our work protecting humanists at risk: people facing persecution for their non-religious views, or promoting humanism and human rights.

You can read more about last year's crowd-funder here: humanists.international/get-involved/c… And you can always make a donation to all our work at: humanists.international/donate/

In 2018 we were joined by 23 new Member Organizations from around the world. As of today we have 178 members. Browse the map humanists.international/about/our-memb… or search the list humanists.international/about/our-memb… to find Humanists International members all over the world.

Much of this growth is thanks to our Growth and Development programme, which is about outreach, increasing our global diversity, and supporting our Member Organizations in their work and development. Find out more: humanists.international/what-we-do/gro…

Last year we gathered together representatives from our Member Organizations in Auckland, New Zealand. As with this weekend's meetings at #HumanistsIceland, our General Assembly is a chance for humanist leaders to come together and share knowledge, experience and discuss policy.

Our hosts at Sidmennt will be asking "What are the ethical questions of the 21st century?" sidmennt.is/conference-201… - an important question to discuss with humanists from around the world.

As part of our work to "protect humanists at risk" we offer advice and support to people facing persecution. They may be writers, activists, human rights defenders; many others are trapped, unable to speak out for fear of reprisals.

We also take the knowledge gained from these experiences into our campaigns work. A very direct example was the launch of the Freedom of Thought Report 2018; we invited Karrar Hamza Al Asfoor and Nacer Amari to tell their stories at the European Parliament humanists.international/2018/12/meps-w…

As part of our Growth & Development programme, we sponsor events designed to bring together groups of people from new humanist groups, or in challenging cultures, to consider pressing issues, and to find each other as they form new humanist associations.

You can find out more about Cafe Humaniste including how to apply to hold an event in your own country at: humanists.international/what-we-do/gro…

The final infographic in this series is about you - our followers. We know our influence in our advocacy work is advancing, that we're helping more people, and our membership is growing. But seeing the graphs going up on social media is a good confirmation of our growing reach.

Follow us and others from our global membership this weekend on #HumanistsIceland for today's conference and the Humanists International General Assembly tomorrow. Please share something you like. And you can also find us on Facebook at: facebook.com/humanistsinter…