XVIIth ISPCAN International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect 7th to 10th September 2008, Hong Kong, China, 07.09 - 10.09 |
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The theme of the Congress hopes to stimulate participants to move the world towards a caring and non-violent community emphasizing a child's perspective along the way.
Congress Subthemes:
- Psychological Abuse: Identification, Assessment and Intervention
- Culturally-relevant, Evidence-based Intervention
- Child Trafficking, Child Labor, Child Sexual Tourism
- Domestic Violence and Child Abuse
- Children’s Voices and Children’s Rights (including Legal Protection of Children)
- Forms of Neglect (including Institutionalized Children).
- Medical stream: Physical and Sexual Abuse
- Internet Crimes Against Children
Keynote Speakers:
- Dr. Cindy Kiro (New Zealand), Commissioner for Children in New Zealand
- Dr. David Finkelhor (United States), Director, Crimes against Children Research Center, Co-Director, Family Research Laboratory
- Mrs. Priscilla Lui Tsang Sun Kai (China), Executive Director, Against Child Abuse (Hong Kong)
- Prof. Xu Yongxigang (China), Dean and Professor, Colleague of Social and Public Administration, East China University of Sciences
- Prof. Michael Freeman (UK), Professor of English Law, University College, London
For more information and for the call for abstracts, please visit the Congress Web site
www.ispcan.org/congress2008
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