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Call
for Papers for the Child Sensitive Social Policies Conference 2014
- 'Towards a Child Sensitive Society in Africa'
UNICEF & Women's University in Africa
Deadline
to submit abstracts: 10 December 2013
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information
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19 –
21 February 2014, Harare, Zimbabwe
Background
Over the past
decade, there has been an increased international focus on child
poverty, social inclusion, and the protection of African children.
It has thus become common for governments on the continent to present
strategies and action plans intended to: address child vulnerability
stemming from various factors; protect the physical and emotional
integrity of children from harmful practices; and create an inclusive
environment for all children to develop and participate in all spheres
of life. There have thus been calls for and a movement towards comprehensive,
multi and inter-sectoral interventions in cooperation with a broad
cross section of stakeholders.
Call
for papers
The Women’s
University in Africa, in collaboration with UNICEF Zimbabwe invites
all child rights stakeholders who include scholars in child sensitive
social policies, researchers, law and policy makers, civil society,
international agencies and service providers to the first Child
Sensitive Social Policies Conference - 2014 (Cresta Lodge, Msasa,
Zimbabwe).
Conference
objectives
The Conference,
themed - ‘Towards a Child Sensitive Society in Africa’,
seeks to explore the centrality of children in African contexts.
- It offers
this multiplicity of child rights stakeholders an opportunity
to revisit the thought provoking Universalist and Cultural Relativist
debates of childhood, with a view of finding common ground between
the child rights principles and cultural norms still viewed at
odds with each other.
- It provides
a platform for interaction on the marginalisation of vulnerable
children and the effectiveness of interventions which address
child poverty and social exclusion.
- It creates
an opportunity for stakeholders to engage with the trending factors
that increase the susceptibility of children to various forms
of abuse, violence, neglect and exploitation.
- Time has
been allocated for lively interactions between delegates through
round table break away sessions and other activities to discuss
the translation of child rights policy into practice.
- In keeping
with the right to be heard and taken seriously, this conference
provides a rare platform for the children themselves to engage
directly with all stakeholders on issues that affect them.
It is hoped
that this conference will culminate in innovative and feasible approaches
to child welfare in Africa, with measurable outputs, which may be
integrated into government and private initiatives.
Download more
information
- Call
for papers - Acrobat PDF version (174KB)
- Poster
- Acrobat PDF version (383KB)
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on your computer, download it from the Adobe website by clicking
here.
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