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 

Kyoto

Cooperation and Interdependence-Fostering Leadership in Home Economics For Healthy Communities