Course: Humanist Lives, with Alice Roberts

Leo Igwe is the founder of the Nigerian Humanist Movement and the former Western and Southern African representative of Humanists International. He has specialised in campaigning against and documenting the …

Being a humanist has become a key part of my identity. I am originally from a Christian minority in Syria and Turkey, grew up in Switzerland and studied in the …

Uttam Niraula is a founder and the Executive Director of the Society for Humanism (SOCH) Nepal. He formed an alliance against improper customary practices in 31 districts of Nepal. He …

Gulalai Ismail is the Chair of Aware Girls and the Seeds of Peace network. She speaks on the subject of promoting peace in Pakistan and women’s empowerment at conferences internationally, …

Humanists UK support persons making asylum claims in the UK whose non-religious beliefs would put them at risk in their country of origin. They have supported Hamza bin Walayat’s claim …

Rafida Bonya Ahmed was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She wrote for Mukto-Mona, the first online blogging platform for Bengali-speaking freethinkers, atheists, and humanists, founded by her husband Avajit Roy. In …

Some people claim that humanism is a modern Western phenomenon, born in the 18th-century Enlightenment, and that is has only had significant relevance to people’s lives in the last hundred …

The global landscape of religion and belief The latest data from the Pew Research Centre appear to show that the world’s population is becoming more religious. Although the number of …

This week we’ll meet humanists living in diverse contexts and circumstances around the world. Many are working to establish a secular state in their country and to guarantee people the …

This week This week we met humanists in the UK campaigning for changes to the law that they believe would enhance people’s freedoms and, consequently, their capacity to lead full …

You don’t have to be a humanist to be in favour of liberalism and democracy. There are pragmatic reasons, which are not specifically humanist ones, for supporting liberal practices and …

The All Party Parliamentary Humanist Group (APPHG) is a cross-party group of Members of the House of Commons and the House of Lords of all the main parties, including members …

Introduction Humanists generally want to see the UK become a secular state, so that everyone can live in a fair and equal society regardless of their religion or belief. Currently, …

Laura Lacole is a model and activist. She is a founding member of Atheist NI, the first atheist organisation in Northern Ireland. She is a Patron of Humanists UK. A …