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Gender and Child Welfare Network: 4th Interdisciplinary Conference

School of Sociology and Political Science, National University of Ireland, Galway, 15 June 2011

First announcement and call for papers 

The Gender and Child Welfare Network, which is an international group of researchers and practitioners, is pleased to announce that its fourth conference is being held for the first time in Ireland on 15 June, 2011 in conjunction with the Child and Family Research Centre and the Masters in Social Work Programme at NUIG.

The network has organized three successful conferences previously on the relationship between gender and child welfare. This conference will focus specifically on the relationship between gender, child protection and family support and explore the following questions:

• How are relationships within families and relationships with professionals influenced by gender?
   
• How can we move on from what is now the well-established pattern of focusing on mothers in order to ensure the protection and support of children?
   
• What models of engaging fathers are there available to learn from?
   
• How can we develop gender sensitive practice around domestic violence?
   
• How can we ensure that supporting families protects children and challenges gender inequalities?   

Confirmed Keynote speakers:

• Norah Gibbons (Director of Advocacy, Barnardos): 'Gender, child protection and welfare'
   
• Dr Jonathan Scourfield (Cardiff University): 'Engaging fathers: Does training make a difference?'
   
• Dr Stephanie Holt (Trinity College Dublin): 'Mothering and Domestic Violence'

Call for papers

Presentations are invited on any area of theory, research or practice which relates to the themes of the conference. Presentations can be from researchers or practitioners in a range of academic and practice disciplines, including sociology, psychology, social policy, social work, socio-legal studies, education and nursing.  Please send a title and abstract of no more than 200 words to the conference organiser, Brid Featherstone ( Brigid.featherstonenuigalway.ie).

Include your full name(s), the organisation where you work and full contact details.

Deadline for abstracts: 28 February 2011

Please note

This event on the 15 June has been organised especially to link with the highly successful bi-annual international conference on family support held at NUI, Galway by the Child and Family Research Centre. This conference will be held on 16 and 17 June and it is hoped that delegates might take advantage of the opportunity to stay on in Galway and avail of both conferences. More details on this will be made available in due course.

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