What is IFHE and IFHE-US?
I.F.H.E. stands for International
Federation for Home Economics. It was founded in 1908
in Switzerland. IFHE is an International Non Governmental
Organisation (INGO) in consultative status with the United
Nations (ECOSOC, category 2 - FAO - UNESCO, operational
relations - UNICEF) and with the Council of Europe.
The IFHE Constitution, modified effective July 1996, provides
for a national country coordinating body in each country.
The International Federation for Home Economics-United States
(IFHE-US) has been organized for this purpose.
The purpose of the IFHE-US is to serve as the coordinating
pivot for all US individual and organizational members of
IFHE, including AAFCS and others, to promote the mission
and work of IFHE. This includes: 1) working internationally
with IFHE headquarters, IFHE units in other countries, other
FCS related NGO's and United Nations agencies, and the IFHE
projects; and 2) working domestically with all United States
member organizations and US individual members of IFHE to
facilitate and increase opportunities for global involvement,
whether conducted internationally or locally through IFHE-US.
Mission and Aims
The following Mission and Aims are those of
IFHE. As an affiliate of IFHE, IFHE-US incorporates these
statements as their Mission as well.
The mission of the I.F.H.E. is to provide an international
forum for home economists to develop and express the home
economics concerns for individuals, families, and households
at the United Nations and among other international non-governmental
Organisations whose interests parallel those of home economics.
The ultimate goal of the Federation is the improvement of
the quality of everyday life for individuals, families and
households through the management of their resources.
Its Aims shall be:
1. to promote human rights and the universal values of households
and families as environments within which individuals are
assisted to reach their full potential and to acknowledge
their global interdependence,
2. to promote awareness that :
a) families and households are the prime nurturing environments
for every human being, and that
b) mental, physical, psychological and emotional family well-being
is the basic infrastructure for all other forms of social
and economic development,
3. to emphasise the social, economic and environmental impact
of the management of the every day life of individuals, families
and households,
4. to promote the concept of families and households as
operating within a larger social, economic and physical environment
with a myriad of exchanges between individuals and these
larger environments on a daily basis,
5. to press for a recognition of the need for education
for home and family life in all of the above areas for all
age levels and in all societies,
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6. to develop positions on issues within the focus and expertise
of home economics and to emphasise the importance of these
at the local, regional and international levels,
7. to support and cooperate in action taken by other organisations
in respect of social issues of concern to the membership
and the focus of IFHE,
8. to support research in areas relevant to home economics
(individual, household and family issues related to the satisfaction
of physical and psychological needs) which expand the understanding
of the ecological view of individuals, families and households
in the larger environment,
9. to keep members informed by means of publications, study
courses, congresses and an information and records service.
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