The third research conference on children’s issues is being held under the theme “Building a Region Fit for Children: Promoting Child Rights through Research” on October 21-22. The Conference is being hosted by The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in partnership with several organizations namely: the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES) UWI, the Caribbean Child Development Centre (CCDC) UWI, the Early Childhood Commission (ECC), Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Office of the Children’s Advocate (OCA), Jamaica Coalition on the Rights of the Child (JCRC), Child Development Agency (CDA), the Ministry of Education (MoE) and CARICOM.   Abstracts are invited on the following sub-themes for the Conference: Protection Rights, Rights to Survival and Development, Participation Rights, Cross cutting sub-themes. These must be accompanied by a brief biodata and sent via e-mail to childconference08@gmail.com titled Call for Papers. The deadline for submission is June 25, 2008.

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

For further information persons should contact Kirk Frankson at SALISES: (876) 927-1234 or (876) 927-1020; or by e-mail: childconference08@gmail.com