Ms Tania Williams-Blyth and Dr Amohia Boulton have recently returned from the 7th World Congress on Family Law and Children's Rights, which was held in Dublin Ireland from the 4th to the 7th of June 2017. They presented a paper entitled E Tipu, E Rea: The Care and Protection of Māori Children, which was based on the research Tania undertook as part of a Lottery Health Research Grant in 2015.
While in Dublin the two met with, and heard presentations by, a number of New Zealand-based colleagues undertaking research in various aspects of child and family law. Over 600 delegates from around the world took part in the four-day Congress. Highlights for the pair included participating in a pre-conference workshop for PhD students; the calibre of the international keynotes, many of whom spoke about the myriad international conventions and frameworks that support child and family rights; and networking with other researchers and academics involved in issues to do with protection of children from as far afield as Jamaica and Indonesia. After the conference Ms Williams-Blyth was fortunate to meet with members of the Roma and Traveller communities; peoples indigenous to Ireland and Europe.
If you are interested in the presentation that Tania and Amohia gave at the Congress, a copy of the presentation can be found here. The written paper that was provided to the Congress will be submitted to a relevant journal for publication in the near future.
Ms Tania Williams-Blyth and Dr Amohia Boulton have recently returned from the 7th World Congress on Family Law and Children's Rights, which was held in Dublin Ireland from the 4th to the 7th of June 2017. They presented a paper entitled E Tipu, E Rea: The Care and Protection of Māori Children, which was based on the research Tania undertook as part of a Lottery Health Research Grant in 2015.
While in Dublin the two met with, and heard presentations by, a number of New Zealand-based colleagues undertaking research in various aspects of child and family law. Over 600 delegates from around the world took part in the four-day Congress. Highlights for the pair included participating in a pre-conference workshop for PhD students; the calibre of the international keynotes, many of whom spoke about the myriad international conventions and frameworks that support child and family rights; and networking with other researchers and academics involved in issues to do with protection of children from as far afield as Jamaica and Indonesia. After the conference Ms Williams-Blyth was fortunate to meet with members of the Roma and Traveller communities; peoples indigenous to Ireland and Europe.
If you are interested in the presentation that Tania and Amohia gave at the Congress, a copy of the presentation can be found here. The written paper that was provided to the Congress will be submitted to a relevant journal for publication in the near future.
