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April 15, 2008
Youth invited to put on thinking caps and submit papers
The Jamaica Youth Advocacy Network (JYAN), has announced a call for Papers for the Yute X – Youth Advocacy Conference to be held at the Knutsford Court Hotel on Wednesday, May 7 to Friday, May 9 and climaxing at Emancipation Park on Saturday, May 10, 2008.
Aimed at raising young people's awareness of several issues that include: Adolescent Reproductive Health, Substance Abuse, Violence and Youth with Disabilities, the conference will also address the state of advocacy in Jamaica and the Caribbean region.
Sponsored by the USAID through the JA-STYLE project, JYAN invites youth aged 16 to 24 to submit abstracts by April 18 and completed papers by April 28, 2008. Topics to be addressed are wide-ranging and papers must demonstrate thorough research techniques, while being an extension of submitted abstracts.
Abstracts and subsequent papers must be about one of the following issues: Youth Advocacy: Impact on Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS; Youth Advocacy through the media; Youth Representation, Governance, Decision-making Processes, Lobbying; The Impact of Youth Leadership in the Region; Youth Advocacy: New Approaches, Old Problems; Youth Advocacy through Creative Art Forms (music dance, visual art, poetry); CSME, CARICOM, Youth Leadership; or, Youth Advocacy in the inner city.
Papers should be submitted in the following formats:
Individual Paper Presentations: Authors are requested to provide up to three keywords to help organizers to assign accepted papers to thematic groups.
Panel Organization: Individuals may propose the organization of a panel around a common theme. Organizers must submit both a panel abstract as well as the abstracts of the papers to be included in the panel (maximum of 4 papers per panel).
Poster Presentation: Authors must submit an abstract clearly indicating that they are interested in making poster presentation.
A selection committee will review and choose papers based on their content, presentation, suitability and relevance to the conference focus.
Abstracts and papers must be submitted with the author's biography and contact information (name, age, mailing address, email, organization) and abstract titles must be included. Papers should be no longer than 600 words and presentations should be no longer than 5- 7 minutes in length.
E-mail submissions to: email to youthadvocacyconference@gmail.com.