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International seminar "Participation Opportunities: Perspectives for Inclusion of marginalized Groups
2003-06-20 19:49
International seminar "Participation Opportunities: Perspectives for Inclusion of marginalized Groups, organized by the Peace Institute, Institute for Contemporary Social and Political Studies and CNVOS (Centre for information service, co-operation and development of NGOs) in cooperation with ŠKUC-LL and YHD - Association for theory and culture of handicap
(5th 9th November 2003, Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Call for Papers
The aim of the seminar is to provide a comparative analysis on human rights of:
migrants,
same-sex oriented people,
disabled
in selected European Union candidate countries: Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia.
The seminar will address the explicit and hidden mechanisms and strategies of political exclusion (case studies included), the mechanisms of social-political support, the attitude of the government(s) to marginalized groups or communities and the current standards and legislation concerning human rights protection in the frame of European Union.
Participants are in their papers expected to focus on:
1. migrants:
East West migration:
- migration in an enlarged European Union,
- open or closed borders,
- Accession countries transformation from sending to receiving countries.
Borders and mobility: case-studies:
- border control policy and influence on everyday life in local borderlands,
- border-regions and cross-border activities,
- Schengen as a selective mechanism, the wall around the West and the schengen periphery perspective.
Social integration of immigrants in new societies:
- policies of inclusion vs. exclusion,
- question of welfare and access to the main institutions of social life,
- multiculturalism and policies combating xenophobia, racism and nationalism.
Challenges on the level of EU:
- trafficking in women and children policies, experiences and regulations,
- non-documented migration policies, experiences and regulations,
- common migration and asylum policy question of perspectives.
2. same-sex oriented:
- regulation of anti-discriminatory legislation for the same-sex oriented,
- media representations of the same-sex oriented,
- public places of/for the same-sex oriented (information centers; hot-lines, offering help to the same-sex oriented or to the parents of same-sex oriented; social and political places),
- cooperation between government and NGOs,
- the role of the international cooperation of NGOs in order to fight human rights violations.
3. disabled:
- disability,
- handicap,
- independent living,
- equal opportunities,
- human rights,
- personal assistance.
The following topic areas as a seminar structure are to be addressed:
1. active participation/activism
2. integration/mechanisms of support
3. discrimination/equal opportunities/media
4. political and social inclusion/exclusion
Participants are asked to inform us also about the chosen topic area.
Proposal submission (up to 1800 characters) deadline: July 01, 2003
Selected speakers will be informed by the mid July 2003.
Papers submission (for possible publication) deadline: October 10, 2003
The seminar language will be English.
Please submit abstracts in English to:
Ms. Mojca Sušnik
Peace Institute, Institute for Contemporary Social and Political Studies
Metelkova 6
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
Phone: + 386 1 234 77 20
Fax: + 386 1 234 77 22
E-mail: mojca.susnik@mirovni-institut.si
Project website: http://www.mirovni-institut.si
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