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9th Conference Of The International Society For Child Indicators On “Global Childhoods: Critical Perspectives Promoting Theoretical, Empirical And Policy Understandings” Hosted By National Law University, Odisha [14th-16th February 2024]: Submit by 30th June 2023

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Who Are The Organisers?

The National Law University, Odisha (NLUO) was established in 2009 by Act IV of 2008 of the State of Odisha. The University is located in the city of Cuttack, where the seat of Orissa High Court is also situated. The University offers five-year integrated B.A.LL.B. (Hons.)/B.B.A.LL.B (Hons.) degree programme at the undergraduate level, Master of Laws (LL.M.) and PhD program at the postgraduate level.

The International Society for Child Indicators (ISCI) is an international organisation that is home to researchers, data users, child advocates, and policymakers. It has made considerable advances in developing and using indicators to measure the well-being of children and adolescents.

What Are The Details Of The Event?

  • Theme: Global Childhoods: Critical Perspectives Promoting Theoretical, Empirical And Policy Understandings
  • Objective: The event will provide an added platform for the voices of children in the Asian region as the contemporaneous presence of children is as important as their future potential as adults.
  • Date of the event:14th-16th February 2024
  • Eligibility: Academicians, researchers, policymakers, child advocates, data collectors and others working in the field of child wellbeing from any country
  • Last date of registration:30th June 2023
  • Registration form: CLICK HERE to register for the event
  • Registration guidelines: CLICK HERE to more about the registration process
  • Last date for submission of abstracts and panel proposals: 30th June 2023
  • Submission of abstracts and panel proposals: CLICK HERE to submit
  • Themes and Sub-themes:

1. Essence of Childhoods

  • Universalism of Values vis-à-vis Cultural Relativism
  • Childhoods in Countries with Varying Economic Status
  • Socio-Cultural Understandings of Childhood
  • Legal Understandings of Childhood
  • Psychological Understandings of Childhood
  • Gendered Childhoods
  • Childhoods in Marginalised Communities

2. Children’s Wellbeing and Happiness

  • From Children’s Welfare to Children’s Wellbeing
  • Understanding Wellbeing and Happiness
  • Wellbeing Indicators: Children vis-à-vis Adults
  • Happiness Indicators: Children vis-à-vis Adults
  • Role of Child Rights in Promoting Wellbeing and Happiness
  • Best Practices for Promoting Children’s Wellbeing and Happiness
  • Role of Child Indicators Research in Influencing Public Policy
  • Methodologies for Understanding Children’s Wellbeing and Happiness

3. Health of Children

  • Health Indicators for Children
  • Children’s Experience With Healthcare Services
  • Access to Healthcare Facilities: Public vis-à-vis Private
  • Schemes, Policies and Programs Affecting Children’s Health
  • Cultural Practices Affecting Children’s Health (Circumcision, Female Genital Mutilation etc.)
  • Growing Up in a Technological Environment
  • The health of Children in Difficult Circumstances Domestic Violence
  • Sexual Exploitation/Violence/Abuse
  • Spatial Constraints
  • Child Labour
  • Children With Disabilities
  • Being a Girl Child
  • Mental Health Issues
  • Children in Institutional care

4. Children’s Education

  • What do Children want to learn?
  • Sites of Learning: Homes, Neighbourhood, Schools, Child Care Institutions, Popular Culture
  • How do Children want to learn?
  • Schemes and Initiatives for Children’s Education
  • Alternative Education for Children
  • Education in Natural Disasters
  • Accessibility to Education
  • Inclusivity in Education

5. Food and Child Wellbeing

  • Access to Food
  • Addressing Malnutrition
  • Child Targeted Advertising: Marketing of Junk Food
  • Breast Milk Substitutes
  • Nutrition in Child Care Institutions

6. Children’s Freedom of Choice

  • Evolving capacities and Children’s Opinion- Addressing Malnutrition
  • Balancing Children’s Privacy and Parental control
  • Sexual Autonomy
  • Child Marriage
  • Manipulating Children’s Choice: The Effect of Tobacco Advertising

7. Basic Rights for Children’s Happiness and Wellbeing

  • Right to Survival
  • Right to Family
  • Right to Identity
  • Right to Development
  • Right to Protection
  • Right to Participation
  • Children in Difficult Circumstances
  • Harmonising the Basic Rights

8. Children’s Access to Justice

  1. Understanding Children’s Access to Justice
  2. Child Advocacy
  3. Children’s Voices in the Institutional Decision-Making
  4. Legal Aid for Children
  5. Support System in Legal Proceedings

For More Information:

For any query contact at isciquery@nluo.ac.in

CLICK HERE For The Brochure & Submission Guidelines

CLICK HERE To Visit The Website

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