Fourth Africa Forum
Call for Papers
The IDP (a partner of the World Blind Union) and the Africa Forum Host
Committee of Kenya is proud to announce the first call for papers for the 4th
Africa Forum (Nairobi, Kenya, May 6-12, 2007).
Papers for this important Forum should be built upon the concept of Social
Inclusion and the challenges and/or opportunities facing the population of blind
and visually impaired citizens of Africa.
Papers should relate to one of these main areas :
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Blindness and social exclusion
Opportunities and/or challenges towards inclusive education
Blindness is no barrier to employability
Leisure and sport
Authors who are selected for paper presentations will be advised and given a
deadline with specific details for full paper submissions. Accepted papers must
be completed and received by the Program Committee by March 31, 2007.
Presenters will work in panels of 3-4 based on the subject of their submissions.
We are seeking papers built on practical life experience, academic research,
and/or the development of knowledge from program implementation. In addition, we
encourage organizations that are involved in policy development to submit papers
for open discussion on the issues that their work is addressing.
Registration details will be posted shortly on
www.wbu-idp.org, or e-mail your interest to
africaforum2007@wbu-idp.org
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