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XVI International Sociological Association (ISA) World Congress of Sociology held in Durban, South Africa, 23-29 July 2006
Young Lives presentations at ISA conference
The International Sociological Association (ISA) is a non-profit association for scientific purposes in the field of sociology and social sciences, founded in 1949 under the auspices of UNESCO.
Four members of the Young Lives team presented papers at the ISA World Congress of Sociology last July, in two of the Congress’s Research Committees.
[Click on the title of the paper to download a pdf of the documents.]
Research Committee on the Sociology of Childhoods:
• Session on Methods and Methodologies in Researching Childhoods: Eliana Villar presented a paper entitled ‘Ideas, Networks And Policy Change: Challenges Involved In Mainstreaming Children Into International Development Debates’ (pdf 300kb) (written by Nicola Jones and Eliana Villar).
• Session on Childhood and Child Labour: Tassew Woldehanna presented ‘The Invisibility of Children’s Paid and Unpaid Labour: Implications for Ethiopia’s National Poverty Reduction Policy’ (pdf 895kb) (written by Tassew Woldehanna, Nicola Jones and Bekele Tefera)
• Session on Children as Economic Actors: Paola Pereznieto presented ‘Children, Time and Poverty: The Impact on Children of Easing Poor Families’ Credit Constraints’ pdf 223kb) (written by Paola Pereznieto and Javier Escobal)
• Session on Participation and Childhood: Consequences for Social Existence: Nicola Jones presented ‘Fostering the Right to Participation Children’s Involvement in Vietnam’s Poverty Reduction Policy Process’ (pdf 214kb) (written by Nguyen Thi Thanh Thuy, Nguyen Minh Hanh and Nicola Jones).
Research Committee on Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy:
• Session on Social capital, active citizenship and social welfare: Nicola Jones presented on ‘Synergies and Tensions between Women’s Empowerment and Children’s Rights: A Critical Assessment of Women’s Self-Help Groups in Andhra Pradesh, India’ (pdf 231kb) (written by Nicola Jones and Madhuri Mukherjee).