AMECEA: CUEA department of Justice and Peace to Host Conference on Social and Economic Justice
Incommemoration of the World Day of Social Justice on 20th February,
2016, the Centre for Social Justice and Ethics (CSJE) of the Catholic
University of Eastern Africa (CUEA) in partnership with AkibaUhaki Foundation,
Jesuit Hakimani Centre, PaxRomana-KMCP is planning a conference on Social and
Economic Justice to be held at the University’s Learning Resource Centre
Auditorium from 17th to 19th February 2016.
Interested
persons and institutions are invited to the maiden interdisciplinary working
conference which is planned to engage academicians, scholars-practitioners,
students and policy makers on the question of social justice.
persons and institutions are invited to the maiden interdisciplinary working
conference which is planned to engage academicians, scholars-practitioners,
students and policy makers on the question of social justice.
The
conference shall consist of several regular sessions spread across the 3-day
period and will be designed to provide participants sufficient time to
interact. Three plenaries and six panel discussions on selected social justice
issues will be held. Panelists will provide varied perspectives on the panel
themes to provoke discussion from the floor. Panels will be organized around
the following topics: Essentials of social justice and social transformation
with sub-topics including Historical and structural injustices and Faiths and
social justice for day one; Governance and social justice with sub-topics
National Values and Governance and Leadership and integrity for social justice
for day two and Imperatives for a sustainable planet with sub-topics Social
justice philanthropy and Business and human rights for Day three.
conference shall consist of several regular sessions spread across the 3-day
period and will be designed to provide participants sufficient time to
interact. Three plenaries and six panel discussions on selected social justice
issues will be held. Panelists will provide varied perspectives on the panel
themes to provoke discussion from the floor. Panels will be organized around
the following topics: Essentials of social justice and social transformation
with sub-topics including Historical and structural injustices and Faiths and
social justice for day one; Governance and social justice with sub-topics
National Values and Governance and Leadership and integrity for social justice
for day two and Imperatives for a sustainable planet with sub-topics Social
justice philanthropy and Business and human rights for Day three.
An
info-market will be organized to provide a space for event participants and
civil society participants to exhibit their work. Sponsors with a social
enterprise orientation will also have stalls to exhibit their products and
services. Media and online tools will be leveraged at the different stages of
the conference. This will allow broader outreach and engagement by participants
across the world and in particular students and youth.
info-market will be organized to provide a space for event participants and
civil society participants to exhibit their work. Sponsors with a social
enterprise orientation will also have stalls to exhibit their products and
services. Media and online tools will be leveraged at the different stages of
the conference. This will allow broader outreach and engagement by participants
across the world and in particular students and youth.
Source: CUEA
