Children and Mobility – Cross-Cultural Perspectives

Námsbraut í mannfræði við HÍ í samvinnu við Nordic Network of African Childhood and Youth Research boða til málþingsins Children and Mobility – Cross Cultural Perspectives. Tilgangur málþingsins er að skapa vettvang fyrir fræðimenn og starfsmenn frjálsra félagasamtaka og annarra sem hafa áhuga á velferð barna til þess að fræðast um börn á faraldsfæti í Afríku og ræða stefnumótun um málefni þeirra. Málþingið fer fram á ensku.

 

Þátttaka er ókeypis en vinsamlegast tilkynnið hana á margrei@hi.is

 

Norræna húsið, Reykjavík – þriðjudaginn 23. September, kl. 11.00-17.00

 

 

 

Seminar organized by Department of Anthropology, University of Iceland and Nordic Network of African Childhood and Youth Research (NoNACYR), with the financial Support of NordForsk. 

Chairman: Bergsteinn Jónsson, UNICEF Iceland.

 

Please announce participation to margrei@hi.is

 

11.00 - 11.10: Opening

11.10-11.40: Seasonal Independent Migration of Icelandic Children in the 20th Century

Introduction: Jónína Einarsdóttir, University of Iceland

Documentary: Tinna Grétarsdóttir and Esther Ösp Valdimarsdóttir, University of Iceland

11.40 - 12.00: Child Fostering in Iceland

Anni Haugen, University of Iceland

12.00 - 12.30: Lunch

12.30 - 13.00: Unconventional Livelihoods - Begging and Informal Child Fostering Practices in Ethiopia

Tatek Abebe and Sophia Kassa, Norwegian Centre for Child Research, Trondheim

13.00 - 13.30: North-South Child Migration in Ghana

Þóra Björnsdóttir, University of Iceland

13.30 - 14.00: Rural Children’s Role in Buffering Household Poverty in Zambia 

Douglas Tendai Phiri, Norwegian Centre for Child Research, Trondheim

14.00 - 14.30 Children on the Move: What are their Parents Thinking?

Jónína Einarsdóttir, University of Iceland

14.30 - 15.00: Coffee

15.00 - 15.30: Ban on Begging in Senegal: A Successful Measure against Child Trafficking?

Hamadou Boiro, INEP, Guinea-Bissau

15.30 - 16.00: SOS: Family Strengthening Programs

Ragnar Schram, SOS Children’s Villages, Iceland

16.00 - 16.30: The Exploitation Equation: Distinguishing Child Trafficking from Other Types of Child Mobility in West Africa

Anne Kielland, Fafo Institute for Applied International Studies, Oslo

16.30 - 17.00: Panel Discussion - How to Support Children on the Move?

 

Sjá dagskrá hér. child_mobility_seminar_23_sept.pdf