[URBANTH-L]ANN: Sixteenth Annual Summit of Child Welfare Leaders

[Angela Jancius]

WorldForum 2005 - The IFCW's Sixteenth Annual 
Summit of Child Welfare Leaders
19 to 23 September 2005
Tallinn, Estonia

MAIN TOPICS:
Child-centered approach 
Can a child be poor?
(Welfare, poverty, poverty linked to income, children as active individuals,
welfare index, poverty of individuals and households, reflection of poverty in
children's life, relative deprivation and social exclusion, child labour,
children in armed conflicts)

Approach through parent
Poor parenthood? 
Changing society, parenthood patterns, childhood, changes in the traditional
family model, reconciliation of work and family life, unemployment, social
exclusion, access to community resources, family elations)

Social-political approach
What are the roles and possibilities of the community/state/NGOs in
alleviating poverty? 
(Social justice, child as a citizen, children's access to education, health
care and hobbies, enhancing personal social skills, media and advertising)

Enquiries: feilat at racsa.co.cr
Web address: http://www.ifcw.org
Sponsored by: International Forum for Child Welfare (IFCW)