Global Home Education Exchange

Global Home Education Exchange
AbbreviationGHEX
Formation2012 (2012)
FounderGerald Huebner
TypeAdvocacy organization
PurposeHomeschool advocacy
Websiteghex.world

The Global Home Education Exchange (GHEX) is an advocacy organization that primarily holds international events promoting homeschooling.

History

GHEX was founded in 2012 by Gerald Huebner, the board chair of the Canadian branch of the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA).[1] GHEX describes its role as advocacy, research and outreach about homeschooling.[2]

GHEX has been criticized for its ties to the Christian Right and its advocacy for various conservative political and religious causes.[1][3] Political researchers Julia Mourao Permoser and Kristina Stoeckl investigated the links between GHEX and other rightwing homeschooling organisations, notably the HSLDA, the World Congress of Families, Swedish group ROHUS, the Alliance Defending Freedom, and Spanish organisation CitizenGo. According to Permoser and Stoeckl, "this advocacy coalition is composed of highly conservative actors generally associated with an anti-rights agenda (anti-gay rights, anti-women’s rights, anti-children’s rights)."[3]

Events

GHEX has organised events in Berlin (2012), Rio de Janeiro (2016), Saint Petersburg and Moscow (2018).[3] One of the speakers at the Russian event was Pavel Parfentiev, who claimed to be instrumental in achieving an adoption ban for LGBT parents in Russia.[4][5][6] The World Congress of Families partnered the Russian events.[3] An event planned for the Philippines (2020) appears to have been held online.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "How Homeschoolers Plan to Take Over the World". R.L. Stollar. 2021-05-03. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
  2. ^ "About Us". GHEX. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
  3. ^ a b c d Julia Mourão Permoser; Kristina Stoeckl (16 August 2020). "Reframing human rights: the global network of moral conservative homeschooling activists". Global Networks. 21 (4): 681–702. doi:10.1111/GLOB.12299. ISSN 1470-2266. Wikidata Q117000954.
  4. ^ "The latest front in Russian infiltration: America's right-wing homeschooling movement". Retrieved 2023-03-07.
  5. ^ "World Congress of Families". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
  6. ^ Staff, Right Wing Watch (2013-10-04). "Globalizing Homophobia, Part 4: The World Congress of Families and Russia's 'Christian Saviors'". Right Wing Watch. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
  7. ^ "Conferences". GHEX. Retrieved 2023-03-07.