CALL FOR PAPERS
CARIBBEAN CHILD RESEARCH CONFERENCE
OCTOBER 23rd – 24th, 2007
“PROMOTING CHILD RIGHTS THROUGH RESEARCH”
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in partnership with the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES), UWI, the Caribbean Child Development Centre (CCDC), UWI, the Early Childhood Commission (ECC), Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Office of the Children’s Advocate (OCA), Jamaica Coalition on the Rights of the Child (JCRC), Child Development Agency (CDA) and the Ministry of Education and Youth (MoEY) will be hosting its second research conference on children’s issues under the theme “Promoting child rights through research”.
The Caribbean Child Research Conference is a regional interdisciplinary conference covering a range of child-related themes. It aims to share research findings issues related to children, strengthen the network of researchers on children issues, and encourage research in both priority areas and in other important but neglected areas.
Co-chairs of the conference are:
Dr. Aldrie Henry-Lee, Sir Arthur Lewis Institute for Social and Economic Studies
(SALISES)
and
Dr. Julie Meeks-Gardner, Caribbean Child Development Centre (CCDC)
The University of the West Indies
All abstracts pertinent to the theme will be considered. Abstracts should not exceed 150 words, must be accompanied by a brief biography and can be sent via e-mail. E-mail submissions should be headed CALL FOR PAPERS.
Authors should indicate the area of focus of each abstract/paper:
· Children and Trafficking
· Women and Children: The Double Dividend of Gender Equality
· Children: Poverty, Marginalization and Risks
· Children, Information Technology and the Media
· Children and Natural Disasters
· The Justice System and Children
· Children and HIV/AIDS
· Children, Sexuality and Age of Consent
· Boys in the Education System
· Convention on the Rights of the Child in Practice
· Children in Violent Circumstances (Perpetrators and Victims)
· Social Investment in Children
· Children’s Perception on Nation-Building and Citizenship
· Parenting for the 21st Century
· Differently – Abled Children
· Child Development
Enquiries may be made by calling:
Doreen Blake at SALISES: (876) 927-1234; 927-1020; 977-2283, by e-mail:
or
Marva Campbell at CCDC: (876) 927-1618, by e-mail: