Conference

The Well Being of Children Following Parental Separation and Divorce Research Consortium will hold a special seminar within the

2nd Family Relationship Services Australia National Conference:

"Children and Families: Reducing Risk, Building Resilience"

to be held in Sydney, NSW, November 24-26 2009

For further information about Family Relationship Services Australia, and the conference, please visit their website at:

www.frsa.org.au

Forthcoming International Conference, Prato, Tuscany, Italy 7-10 September 2009

Children and the Law: International approaches to children and their vulnerabilities

The rights and best interests of children in the 21st Century are challenged by new and emerging social concerns. These include: the plight of child refugees, children escaping war and trauma, new forms of child victimization such as children as soldiers, children entering the criminal justice system, the pervasiveness of child sexual abuse, and children harmed by maltreatment and family breakdown. These children require more effective responses from governments and national systems responsible for their care and protection.

This international conference will bring together practitioners, policy contributors, advocates and researchers from welfare, criminology, law, policing, health and mental health. It will examine the vulnerabilities of children and young people and how the systems responding to those at risk of harm must be reshaped to better protect their rights and best interests.