Children @ Work: From Farm to Street in Africa
Thursday June 16- Saturday June 18, 2005 

Carolyn J. Davis
Keynote Speaker

We are proud Ohio University alumnae Carolyn J Davis is the
keynote speaker for this year's conference. She graduated from
the Communication and Development Studies Program, Center
for International Studies. Carolyn is an Editorial and Column
Writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer. She is an award winning
journalist with numerous international, national and state
prizes to her credit. She has consulted for UNICEF in Rwanda
on child rights and other UN agencies in Asia on women rights;
conducted journalism training programs and engaged in other
human and child rights advocacy and activities. She counts
extensive work experiences from the Columbus Dispatch, the
Plain Dealer-Cleveland, the Palm Beach Post, and other
international assignments. Her recent topics focus on children
issues at the international, national and local levels and related
human rights challenges.

Conference Schedule

Thursday, June 16, June 2005

5:30 pm    Walter Hall Main Lobby

Registration opens                                                         

6:30 pm Walter Hall 145      

Welcome                                                                      

Nana K. Owusu-Kwarteng, Assistant Director, Institute for
the African Child

Opening remarks

Dr. Steve Howard, Director, Institute for the African Child &
African Studies Program

Welcome Address

First Lady Deborah McDavis, Ohio University

Keynote Address

Carolyn Davis, Editorial Page Writer, Philadelphia Inquirer

African Children: The unreported media.

7:30 pm    Emeriti Park (North end) 

Opening reception                                                

Catered by Baker Center Banquet & Catering

Friday, June 17, 2005

8:00 pm    Walter Hall Lobby

Continental Breakfast & Registration                         

8: 30-9:30 am      Walter Hall 235
Rethinking the Agendas of Government Agencies &
NGOs on the Concept of Child Labor                                                                                                   

Chair: Dr. Steve Howard   

1. Helena Halperin, Roxbury Community College, Boston
   “Successful intervention-Small scale and local”
2. Laura Mack, Ohio University, “Eliminating Child Labor
   in Tanzania: Considering the Time Bound Program”
3. Osseynou Samb, Africare-Senegal “Community-based
   schools as an alternative to child labor”

9:40-10:40 am     Walter Hall 235
Educational Systems, Child Labor and the Future of the
African Child 1

Chair: Michael Gray, JD.

1. Zelda Vye & Claire Fraser, Faculty of Education,
   University of Fort Hare, East London, South Africa
   “On The Outside Looking In – Demarginalizing Education
   in the Rural Areas Of the Eastern Cape, South Africa
2. Azza O.A.Abdelmoneium, Institute of Gender Studies,
   Radboud University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
   "Challenges facing Children in Education and Labor: A
   Case Study of Displaced Children in Khartoum- Sudan”
3. Andrews Ofori-Birikorang, Ohio University, “The African
   Child Sign Language User on the Periphery of Linguistic
   Human Rights (LHR) Paradigm: Lack of Knowledge or
   Policy of Exclusion”

10:50-11:50 am   Walter Hall 235
The Gender Factor in Child Labor and Life on the Street.
Chair:  Asma Abdel Halim, Ph.D.

1. Dr. Asma Abdel Halim, University of Toledo “Displacement
   and girls’ work in the Sudan”
2. Edith Amaka Okpala, University Staff School, University
   of Nigeria, Nsukka. Enugu State, Nigeria “Child Labor
   Abuses in Nigeria South-South and South-East States:
   Incidence, Migration Patterns, Gender Dimension and
   Control.”
3. Heather Arney, Ohio University “From Domestic Labor to
   School: A Proposal to Support Mauritanian Girls in School”
4. Batool Mokhtar M. Taha, Khartoum Local Government,
   Sudan. “Children’s Contribution to Family Income”                        

12:00-1:00 pm         Walter Hall Lobby & Bicentenary Park

Lunch Boxed lunches will be provided for registered
conference participants             

1:00-2:00 pm       Walter Hall 235

Religious Factors, Educational Issues and Child Labor in
Africa                       

Chair: Dr. Douglas Mpondi

1. Dr. Olatunji Ojo, Ohio University ‘When Age Counts’:
   Children and the Institutions of Slavery and Pawnship
   in the Nigerian Hinterland.
2. Binta Tijani, Bayero University, Kano-Nigeria “The
   Traditional Qur’anic Education System and the Condition
   of Children in Northern Nigeria.
3. Dr. Douglas Mpondi, Ohio University, The Zimbabwean
   Crisis, HIV/AIDS and Child Labor: Stories From Children

2:10-3:10 pm       Walter Hall 235

Child trafficking and bonded labor in Africa                                       

Chair: Dr. Dauda Abubakar

1. Dr. ‘Dimeji Togunde, Albion College “Child Labor and
   Educational Outcomes in Urban Nigeria”
2. Alex J. Wilson, University of Cape Coast, Ghana.
   “Child Trafficking in Ghana- The Hidden Cultural Agenda”
3. Dr. Rasheed Olaniyi, Center for Research Documentation,
   Kano-Nigeria. Child Labor and the Informal Economy in
   Nigeria”

3:20-4:20 pm       Walter Hall 235

Educational Systems, Child Labor and the Future of the
African Child II

Chair: Dr. Francis Godwyll

1. Dr. Francis Godwyll, Ohio University, “Streets: The unpaid
   debts of the educational system”.
2. Catharine Cutcher, Ohio University “Mimi ni Born City”:
   The Struggle for Survival and Identity Among Street
   Children in Nairobi, Kenya.
3. Agya Boakye Boateng, Ohio University  Alternative
   Education for Street Children in Ghana”
4. Winnie Terry, Ohio University “Experience working with
   street children program in Tanzania”

7:00 pm    Ping Ct. Lounge

African Buffet Dinner
Catered by African Students Union, Ohio University

Saturday, June 18

8:30-9:00 am      Walter Hall Lobby

Continental Breakfast                                                                    

9:10 -10:10 am    Walter Hall 235

Health Challenges of Child Laborers/Street Children and  
HIV/AIDS

Chair: Dr. Matthew Adeyanju

1.      Selam G-Alemayo, Ohio University. "Aids, Poverty, and
Ethiopian Children:  Prostitution as a Job or Death of
Starvation”

2. Dr Lucky W Odirile, University of Botswana and Dr.
   Sebastian Okello-Wengi, Bana Consultancy (PTY) Ltd,
   Gaborone, Botswana. The Impact of HIV/AIDS on child
   labor in Botswana: The case of orphans and vulnerable
   children.
3. Bossman Asare & Frederick Appah, West Virginia University
   “Malaria Control in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Feasibility of
   Lesson Drawing in Combating the Epidemic”
4. Dr. Queen Joy Raluchukwu Nwoji, University of Nigeria,
   Nsukka “The Gender Equity in Child Labor in Nigeria”

10:20-11:20 am   Walter Hall 235

Governmental and Global Agencies, Policies and the African
Child           

Chair: Dr. Ghirmai Negash

1. Marty Otaňez, UC-San Francisco; Stanton Glantz, UC-San
   Francisco; Monique Muggli, Mayo Clinic, St Paul-MN; Richard
   Hurt, Mayo Clinic, Rochester-MN ‘Philip Morris and Corporate
   Social Responsibility Initiatives Aimed at Child Labor-Free
   Projects in Malawi’
2. Margaret Sackey, Ohio University Globalization and protective
   rights of the Ghanaian child: An examination of legislation on
   child labor - Ghana Act 560, Part V, Sub-Part I, (1998)
3. Gavin Fraser, University of Fort Hare, Eastern Cape-South
   Africa “The impact of rural poverty and food insecurity on
   children: The case of the central Eastern Cape Province,
   South Africa”
4. Patricia Gunn, JD, Ohio University, “Children’s Lives and Labor
   Laws in Africa”

11:30 am -12:45 pm: Walter Hall 235

Popular Culture, Empowerment and Political Issues

Chair: Tee-Ford-Ahmed, Ph.D. West Virginia State University.            

1. Dr. Oluyinka Esan, University College, Winchester, UK “From
   Farms to the Cities: The Shifts in Popular Music”
2. RaShelle R. Peck, Ohio University, “Empowering the
   Disempowered: The Indigenization of Hip Hop in Nairobi”
3. Assan Sarr, Ohio University “Children’s Rights and Politics
   in the Gambia: The Abuse and Exploitation of Youngsters in
   the Greater Banjul Area.

1:00 pm    Walter Hall Lobby

Lunch            

Thursday–Saturday Walter Hall Lobby

Painting and Picture Exhibition            

Cynthia Kyei, Ohio University

Laure Zango & Theophane Patinvoh
Association Ephata Burkina, Bukina Faso