ABOUT ISCI :
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.
To know more about ISCI, visit www.isci-haruv.org/iscis-conferences/
CONCEPT NOTE
AND THEMES :
14 – 16 F EB R UAR Y 2024
BHU BA N ESWAR – I N D IA
THEMES :
Essence of Childhoods
Sub Themes :
1,Universalism of Values vis-à-vis Cultural Relativism
2,Childhoods in Countries with Varying Economic Status
3,Socio-Cultural Understandings of Childhoods
4,Legal Understandings of Childhoods
5,Psychological Understandings of Childhoods
6,Gendered Childhoods
7,Childhoods in Marginalised Communities
Children’s Wellbeing and Happiness :
1From Children’s Welfare to Children’s Wellbeing
2Understanding Wellbeing and Happiness
3Wellbeing Indicators: Children vis-à-vis Adults
4Happiness Indicators: Children vis-à-vis Adults
5Role of Child Rights in Promoting Wellbeing and Happiness
6Best Practices for Promoting Children’s Wellbeing and Happiness
7Role of Child Indicators Research in Influencing Public Policy
8Methodologies for Understanding Children’s Wellbeing and
Happiness
Health of Children :
1,Health Indicators for Children
2,Children’s Experience With Healthcare Services
3,Access to Healthcare Facilities: Public vis-à-vis Private
4,Schemes, Policies and Programs Affecting Children’s Health
5,Cultural Practices Affecting Children’s Health (Circumcision, Female
Genital Mutilation etc.)
6,Growing Up in a Technological Environment
Health of Children in Difficult Circumstances;
Health of Children
Sub Themes
▪ Substance Abuse
▪ Domestic Violence
▪ Sexual Exploitation/Violence/Abuse
▪ Spatial Constraints
▪ Child Labour
▪ Children With Disabilities
▪ Being a Girl Child
▪ Mental Health Issues
▪ Children in Institutional Care
Children’s Education :
Sub Themes :
1,What Children want to learn?
2,Sites of Learning: Homes, Neighbourhood, Schools, Child Care
3,Institutions, Popular Culture
4,How do Children want to learn?
5,Schemes and Initiatives for Children’s Education
6,Alternative Education for Children
7,Education in Natural Disasters
8,Accessibility to Education
9,Inclusivity in Education
Food and Child Wellbeing :
1Access to Food
2Addressing Malnutrition
3Child Targeted Advertising: Marketing of Junk Food
4Breast Milk Substitutes
5Nutrition in Child Care Institutions
Children’s Freedom of Choice :
1Evolving capacities and Children’s Opinion- Addressing Malnutrition
2Balancing Children’s Privacy and Parental control
3Sexual Autonomy
4Child Marriage
5Manipulating Children’s Choice: The Effect of Tobacco Advertising
Basic Rights for Children’s Happiness and Wellbeing :
1,Right to Survival
2,Right to Family
3,Right to Identity
4,Right to Development
5,Right to Protection
6,Right to Participation
7,Children in Difficult Circumstances
8,Harmonising the Basic Rights
9,Children and Environmental Harm
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
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
AND DEADLINES
14 – 16 F EB R UAR Y 2024
BHU BA N ESWAR – I N D IA
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