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Institute
for the African Child Inaugural Conference
Begins
Ohio
University's Institute
for the African
Child
will host its first international and
interdisciplinary conference,
"The
Children of Africa: Resources for
Learning, Health and
Society,"
on the Athens campus June 16 to June 19.
More than 200 participants from the United
States, Europe and at least 10 African
countries will attend the
conference.
Unity
Dow, a Botswana High Court justice and
children's rights activist, will present
the keynote speech at 8 p.m. Wednesday,
June 16, in Irvine Auditorium. The event
is free and open to the public.
Among
the issues to be addressed at the
conference are child soldiers, apartheid,
child health and survival and educational
reform. Issues related to music, dance,
art and the media also will be
discussed.
The
institute was established last year by the
Ohio
University Board of
Trustees
to foster collaboration in arts and
sciences, communication, health and human
services, medicine and education. By
focusing on African children, the
institute plans to highlight issues such
as nutrition, development and education.
The university's goal is to create an
institute in Africa with a similar
mission, Howard said.
For
more information, please read
the
full
text of this press
release.
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