Social Sciences
Panel on Young People?s Life Course in Developing Countries
Call for papers
Violence in Adolescence and Youth in Developing Countries
Asunción, Paraguay, May 2012
Seminar organized by the IUSSP Scientific Panel on Young People?s Life Course in Developing Countries, in collaboration with the Centro Paraguayo de Estudios de Población and sponsored by the Asociación Paraguaya de Estudios de Población.
Deadline for submission of abstracts: 15 November 2011.
Experiences of violence are frequently present in adolescents? and young people?s lives, sometimes with lasting consequences. An indication of the importance of the topic is the fact that in the young ages morbidity and mortality resulting from violence are on the rise in many societies
Violence ?touches? adolescents and youth in many ways: as victims of verbal, physical or sexual violence from adults (inside and outside the family) or from peers (bullying, gang wars, date rape), as witnesses (within the family, in school, in the neighborhood), as ?victims of themselves? (suicide, avoidable accidents), when involved in wars and victims of it (conscripted in the armed forces, displaced population, refugees), as victims of institutional violence (discrimination, labeling).
The consequences of violence in the young ages are manifested both within and beyond that age span. Psychological and physical scars received in early life are everlasting. Pregnancies and abortions resulting from forced sex are among the best known outcomes, but adolescent males are also subject to sexual abuse. Bullying leads to school drop-out and psychological distress. Young males die from violent causes due to alcohol and drug consumption and the use of force to solve disputes, behaviors whose ultimate motives need understanding. The intergenerational transmission of violence has been documented: violence within the family of origin is a good predictor of involvement in intimate partner violence further in life. The participation of adolescents in wars leads to lasting psychological problems, disruption of their life courses, disabilities and even death. In refugee camps female adolescents are subject to abuse and rape. Armed and low intensity conflicts drive young people to undertake dangerous voyages in search of safer environments.
Most of the types of violence in which adolescents and youth are involved in differ for males and females in their prevalence, consequences, and in the role each gender plays (victim or perpetrator).
For this seminar the panel welcomes papers dealing with:
The extent and types of violence among identifiable categories of adolescent and young populations defined by age (for example, younger and older adolescents), marital status, school attendance, area of residence, family composition, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, etc.
Determinants and consequences of violence during adolescence and youth stages.
Demographic aspects of violence in adolescence and youth.
Health related outcomes resulting from violence.
Characteristics of the young population ?at risk? of involvement in violence (as victims or perpetrators).
Methodological issues in studying violence among young people.
In addition to social, economic, cultural, and family factors, concepts such as agency/competence, accumulated risk, rite of passage, and masculinity could be explored to explain why certain adolescents perpetrate violence, others are victims and still others are outside the ?environment of violence?. A gender perspective is unavoidable.
Submissions
The IUSSP Scientific Panel on Young People?s Life Course in Developing Countries invites researchers in the field to submit online by 15 November 2011 a short 200-word abstract AND upload an extended abstract (2 to 4 pages, including tables) or a full paper, which must be unpublished. To submit and fill out the online submission form, please click here: online submission form.
Applicants will be notified whether their paper has been accepted by 15 December 2011. In the case of acceptance on the basis of an abstract, the completed paper must be uploaded on the IUSSP website by 30 March 2012.
The seminar will be limited to a maximum of 25 contributed papers. If the paper is co-authored, please indicate the names of co-authors at the end of the abstract. Submission should be made by the author who will attend the seminar.
While abstracts may be submitted in English, French or Spanish, the working language at the seminar will be English and final papers should be submitted and presented in English.
Possible outcomes from the seminar include publishing the papers as seminar proceedings, an edited volume or a special issue of a journal. Papers submitted should be unpublished and remain the property of the IUSSP until the committee makes a decision with regard to their possible publication.
Current funding for the seminar is limited and efforts are under way to raise additional funds. At present, seminar organizers cannot ensure that travel support will be available. Applicants are encouraged to seek their own travel funding. Those who are applying for financial assistance from the IUSSP should indicate this when they submit their abstract by ticking the appropriate box on the on-line submission form. Funding is contingent upon submission of a complete paper of acceptable quality by the deadline for papers.
For further information:
Please contact Seminar Organizer Edith Pantelides ([email protected]).
IUSSP Scientific Panel on Young People?s Life Course in Developing Countries:
Chair: Edith Alejandra Pantelides.
Members: Kofi Awusabo-Asare, Monica Magadi, Leticia Marteleto, Iwu Utomo.
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Social Sciences
Panel on Young People?s Life Course in Developing Countries
Panel on Young People?s Life Course in Developing Countries
Call for papers
Violence in Adolescence and Youth in Developing Countries
Asunción, Paraguay, May 2012
Seminar organized by the IUSSP Scientific Panel on Young People?s Life Course in Developing Countries, in collaboration with the Centro Paraguayo de Estudios de Población and sponsored by the Asociación Paraguaya de Estudios de Población.
Deadline for submission of abstracts: 15 November 2011.
Experiences of violence are frequently present in adolescents? and young people?s lives, sometimes with lasting consequences. An indication of the importance of the topic is the fact that in the young ages morbidity and mortality resulting from violence are on the rise in many societies
Violence ?touches? adolescents and youth in many ways: as victims of verbal, physical or sexual violence from adults (inside and outside the family) or from peers (bullying, gang wars, date rape), as witnesses (within the family, in school, in the neighborhood), as ?victims of themselves? (suicide, avoidable accidents), when involved in wars and victims of it (conscripted in the armed forces, displaced population, refugees), as victims of institutional violence (discrimination, labeling).
The consequences of violence in the young ages are manifested both within and beyond that age span. Psychological and physical scars received in early life are everlasting. Pregnancies and abortions resulting from forced sex are among the best known outcomes, but adolescent males are also subject to sexual abuse. Bullying leads to school drop-out and psychological distress. Young males die from violent causes due to alcohol and drug consumption and the use of force to solve disputes, behaviors whose ultimate motives need understanding. The intergenerational transmission of violence has been documented: violence within the family of origin is a good predictor of involvement in intimate partner violence further in life. The participation of adolescents in wars leads to lasting psychological problems, disruption of their life courses, disabilities and even death. In refugee camps female adolescents are subject to abuse and rape. Armed and low intensity conflicts drive young people to undertake dangerous voyages in search of safer environments.
Most of the types of violence in which adolescents and youth are involved in differ for males and females in their prevalence, consequences, and in the role each gender plays (victim or perpetrator).
For this seminar the panel welcomes papers dealing with:
The extent and types of violence among identifiable categories of adolescent and young populations defined by age (for example, younger and older adolescents), marital status, school attendance, area of residence, family composition, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, etc.
Determinants and consequences of violence during adolescence and youth stages.
Demographic aspects of violence in adolescence and youth.
Health related outcomes resulting from violence.
Characteristics of the young population ?at risk? of involvement in violence (as victims or perpetrators).
Methodological issues in studying violence among young people.
In addition to social, economic, cultural, and family factors, concepts such as agency/competence, accumulated risk, rite of passage, and masculinity could be explored to explain why certain adolescents perpetrate violence, others are victims and still others are outside the ?environment of violence?. A gender perspective is unavoidable.
Submissions
The IUSSP Scientific Panel on Young People?s Life Course in Developing Countries invites researchers in the field to submit online by 15 November 2011 a short 200-word abstract AND upload an extended abstract (2 to 4 pages, including tables) or a full paper, which must be unpublished. To submit and fill out the online submission form, please click here: online submission form.
Applicants will be notified whether their paper has been accepted by 15 December 2011. In the case of acceptance on the basis of an abstract, the completed paper must be uploaded on the IUSSP website by 30 March 2012.
The seminar will be limited to a maximum of 25 contributed papers. If the paper is co-authored, please indicate the names of co-authors at the end of the abstract. Submission should be made by the author who will attend the seminar.
While abstracts may be submitted in English, French or Spanish, the working language at the seminar will be English and final papers should be submitted and presented in English.
Possible outcomes from the seminar include publishing the papers as seminar proceedings, an edited volume or a special issue of a journal. Papers submitted should be unpublished and remain the property of the IUSSP until the committee makes a decision with regard to their possible publication.
Current funding for the seminar is limited and efforts are under way to raise additional funds. At present, seminar organizers cannot ensure that travel support will be available. Applicants are encouraged to seek their own travel funding. Those who are applying for financial assistance from the IUSSP should indicate this when they submit their abstract by ticking the appropriate box on the on-line submission form. Funding is contingent upon submission of a complete paper of acceptable quality by the deadline for papers.
For further information:
Please contact Seminar Organizer Edith Pantelides ([email protected]).
IUSSP Scientific Panel on Young People?s Life Course in Developing Countries:
Chair: Edith Alejandra Pantelides.
Members: Kofi Awusabo-Asare, Monica Magadi, Leticia Marteleto, Iwu Utomo.
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