IFHE World Congresses 1908 - 2008

N°	Year	Place	Countries represented	Number of Participants	Congress Themes
I	1908	Fribourg Switzerland	20	750	The training of Economics Teachers. Necessity of involving the greatest number of girls in Home Economics Education
II	1913	Ghent Belgium	27	600	Home Economics in Elementary and Intermediate schools and for adults
III	1922	Paris France	35	2000	Methods of town and rural Home Management Teaching
IV	1927	Rome Italy	34	1500	Role of Home Economics from the social standpoint. Taylorism in the organization of household work
V	1934	Berlin Germany	23	900	Home Management Teaching must use all sciences and requires a rational organization of domestic work
VI	1939	Copenhagen Denmark	24	400	Restoration or conservation of intellectual, moral, social and economic inheritance of countries by women’s education
VII	1949	Stockholm Sweden	22	700	Adaption of Home Economics teaching methods to the psychological development of young people
VIII	1953	Edinburgh United Kingdom	55	1250	Home Economics at the service of life: its contribution to9 individual and social progress
IX	1958	Maryland United States	60	1040	Education in Home Economics relative to the social and economic conditions of various countries
X	1963	Paris France	52	2000	Home Economics Education to meet changing world conditions and needs: In preserving the inherent values of family life. In serving the wider society
XI	1968	Bristol United Kingdom	62	1100	Home Economics in the service of international cooperation: sociological, scientific and economic, educational
XII	1972	Helsinki Finland	43	1000	Home Economics, a vital force
XIII	1976	Ottawa Canada	53	1000	“Life, not just Survival” Home Economics and the Utilisation of the Worlds Recources
XIV	1980	Manila Philippines	54	1400	Home Economics, a responsible partner in development
XV	1984	Oslo Norway	54	950	Technology and its Effect on Living Conditions
XVI	1988	Minneapolis United States	80	1400	“Health for all” The role of Home Economics
XVII	1992	Hanover Germany	80	1580	Focussing on Families and Households: Change and Exchange
XVIII	1996	Bangkok Thailand	45	830	Living condition: A global Responsibility
XIX	2000	Accra Ghana	37	600	A new Century: Focus on the future. The expanding Role of Home Economics: In developing human recources. In improving living conditions and fostering human rights. In advocacy for families and households
XX	2004	Kyoto Japan	36	1066	Cooperation and Interdependence-Fostering Leadership in Home Economics For Healthy Communities
XXI	2008	Lucerne Switzerland	54	1100	Home Economics: Reflecting the Past - Creating the Future

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