2012

"Positive Experiences, Successful Outcomes for Looked After and other Vulnerable Children" is the focus of the 12th conference organised by European Scientific Association for Residential and Foster Care for Children and Adults (EUSARF)

When and Where: Sep 4 - Sep 7, 2012, Glasgow, Scotland

Opening Date for Abstract Submission: 31 January

Closing Date for Abstract Submission: 20 February

Time and place: Mar 17 - 20, 2013, Sydney, Australia

The call for abstracts is now open. The deadline for submission is Thursday, 1 March 2012.

The principal aim of  the 2012 Inter-Congress of International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciencesis is to offer anthropologists in academia, governmental organisations, non-governmental organisations and agencies working on and with children from different parts of the world  a common platform to address various emerging issues relating to children and childhood.

Time and place: Nov 26 - 30, 2012, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, India 

Submission of abstracts, deadline May 1, 2012

This training course aims at enhancing law enforcers’ knowledge of forced labour’s constitutive elements and concrete manifestations and at enabling participants to gather the necessary evidence to build successful cases against forced labour offenders. 

Time and Place:  16 to 20 April 2012 at the ITC ILO campus, in Turin, Italy. 

The first edition of the Norface Compact Series has been launched. The Spring 2012 edition reviews a selection of exciting research taking place within the NORFACE Migration research programme.

Papers are invited on all aspects of the representation of youth, including issues of cultural expression and recognition, image construction and stereotyping, as well as ‘political’ representation and participation.

Time and place: Jun 26 - 29, 2012, National University of Ireland, Maynooth .

Deadline for receipt of abstracts (300 words maximum): Friday 2nd March 2012

A caring and protective family, immediate and extended, is central to effective child protection. Children in the most dire straits, however, live without protective family care.

The world’s financial and economic crisis has taken a toll on children and poor households. High food and commodity prices, unemployment and austerity measures have aggravated persistent inequalities and contributed to a substantial rise in hunger and social tensions.

"Our annual report for 2011 details our grantmaking activities and financial situation for the past year. It includes programme overviews per country and at global level, reports on communications activities, contributions from the chair of the board of trustees and the executive director, and an executive summary in Spanish."

Societies are facing increasing levels of risk and uncertainty in disaster situations. This makes delivering humanitarian aid in disaster situations a complicated and controversial subject. Whilst there are numerous examples of good practice that re-lief workers can point to, there are also countless instances of exploitative and/or inappropriate interventions that those receiving aid have to contend with. This con-ference asks whether it is time for a paradigm shift in the manner in which aid is delivered and who can be legitimately involved in such work. Deadline for submitting abstracts: 4 May 2012

An international conference organised by the Child Law Clinic at University College Cork, with the support of the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences.

Friday March 9th 2012, Department of Law, University College Cork, Ireland  

This book represents the engagement of Young Lives with researchers and debates in the field of children and development, reflecting on the first two rounds of Young Lives data coming from Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam, with supporting material from Tanzania and South Africa. Topics include the ethics of research, the long-term causes and consequences of childhood poverty, and the resilience and optimism shown by children and their families.

The fourth ISCI conference on child indicators is scheduled for May 29-31, 2013 in Seoul, Korea. The conference will explore how child indicators can be used to improve the well-being of children in a globalized world.

Deadline Abstract Submission - October 30, 2012

The official Journal of the International Society for Child Indicators.

Child Indicators Research presents measurements and indicators of child well-being and their usage within multiple domains and in diverse cultures. It features measures and data resources, analysis of the data, exploration of theoretical issues, and information about the status of children, as well as the implementation of this information in policy and practice. The journal explores how child indicators can be used to improve the development and well-being of children. 

The 21st century starts with vast inequalities for children in terms of income, access to food, water, health, education, housing, or employment for their families.

Child Poverty Insights (CPI) - a UNICEF online publication for sharing insights, experiences and innovative developments on issues of child poverty, deprivation and inequity. Since the launch of the series in August 2009, 18 Insights on a variety of topics have been published,  well-received by thousands of people in over 150 countries.

2nd International Conference of the International Childhood and Youth Research Network The international research conference is aimed at researchers (both new and experienced), policy-makers and practitioners from all around the world.

Time and place: Sep 5 - 7, 2012, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, North West England 

Abstracts (up to 150 words) are invited to be submitted by 5pm on 31st March 2012.  

The Childrens Institute (CI) at the University of Cape Town is recruiting a director. The CI is a leader in child policy research and advocacy in South Africa and aims to contribute to policies, laws and interventions that promote equality and improve the situation and well-being of all children in the country.

This collection places childrens issues at the centre of understandings of human development. Using Amartya Sens "Capability Approach", the contributors to this book draw on new tools and theoretical perspectives to understand the role of children in human development.

The aim of this guidance paper, produced by a working group on behalf of the Department of Children and Youth Affairs(DCYA), is to advise on good practice principles for undertaking research with children.