Caribbean Child Research Conference

The Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES), University of the West Indies (UWI), in partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the Environmental Foundation of Jamaica (EFJ), the Caribbean Child Development Centre (CCDC), UWI, the Early Childhood Commission (ECC), the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Jamaica’s Office of the Children’s Advocate (OCA), Jamaica’s Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR), the Jamaica Coalition on the Rights of the Child (JCRC), the Jamaica Child Development Agency (CDA) and the Ministry of Education (MoE), Jamaica will be hosting its eighth research conference on children’s issues under the theme: “Beyond 2015: Safeguarding our Children’s Future”

The Caribbean Child Research Conference is a regional interdisciplinary conference covering a range of child-related themes. It aims to share research on children, strengthen the network of researchers on children’s issues and encourages research both in priority areas and in other important but neglected areas.

ONLY abstracts pertinent to the theme will be considered.

Abstracts must be accompanied by a brief biography and can be sent via email to the following address: childconferenceresearch@gmail.com. Email submissions should be headed CALL FOR PAPERS.

Abstracts should be based on research that has been completed within the last three years. Abstracts should provide information on the main aim of the research, research questions, methodologies, main findings and policy recommendations. Please ensure that papers focus on Child Rights and the Millennium Development Goals.

ABSTRACTS SHOULD BE NO MORE THAN 200 WORDS

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For further information please call Ms. Krystal Lawrence or Ms. Tricia Jack at 927-1020 or 927-1234 or email childconferenceresearch@gmail.com 

Call for Abstracts: Adults - Deadline August 16, 2013

Essay Competition for Children: Deadline  September 20, 2013