International Conference: Child Poverty and Disparities: Public Policies for Social Justice
Date: 19 to 20 January 2009 Location: Cairo, Egypt
The conference serves as a platform for innovative thinking on social policy and child rights. It will bring together academics, policy makers, practitioners as well as university students to exchange experiences and discuss proposals for inclusive and child-sensitive public social and economic policies which aim to reduce child poverty and are based on scientific evidence.
Call for Papers: The conference organisers welcome proposals for presentations from academics, researchers, policy makers, and practitioners. University students and recent graduates are particularly encouraged to respond to the call for papers. Download the full version of the call for papers
Deadline for abstracts: 16 November 2008
Submit a one-page abstract on paper, poster presentation or research project of no more than 400 words in English and accompanied by a CV by e-mail to egyptchildpovertyconference@unicef.org
Please use the Proposal Submission Form (51 kB).
For more information click here>> (Also available in Arabic)