8th Annual Aleksanteri Conference

WELFARE, GENDER AND AGENCY IN RUSSIA AND EASTERN EUROPE
December 10-12, 2008; the University of Helsinki, Finland

Organized by STAKES, International Development Collaboration
and University of Helsinki, Aleksanteri Institute

Date and time: 11 December 2008, 12.15 – 16.15
Venue: STAKES auditorium, Lintulahdenkuja 4, 00530 Helsinki, Finland
Chair: Professor Jussi Simpura, Deputy Director, STAKES
More information about our keynote speakers.

PROGRAMME

12.15 – 13.15  
Emerging Themes in Child Well-being and Child Protection in the CE/CIS Region
Dr Sheila Marnie, UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, Florence, Italy

13.15 – 14.00  
Well-being in Comparison - Evidence from European Social Survey
Prof Olli Kangas, Research Director, Social Insurance Institution, Helsinki,   Finland

14.00 – 14.45  
Gender Differences in Coping Strategies of Poor Households in Ukraine,
Dr Natalia Kharchenko, Research Director, Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, Kyiv, Ukraine

14.45 – 15.30  
Gypsy/ Roma Civic Organizations in Central and South Eastern Europe (with a special focus on Bulgaria and Romania), 
Prof Elena Marushiakova, Department Head, Ethnographic Institute and    Museum at Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Co-Chair of Minority Studies   Society Studii Romani, Sofia, Bulgaria

15.30 – 16.15  
International Health Assistance to Combat HIV/ AIDS - Do We    Take into Account National Interests?
Dr Zaza Tsereteli, International Technical Adviser, The Northern Dimension Partnership in Public Health and Social Well-being (NDHS), Tallinn, Estonia

16.15 – 18.00

Banquet

More information about Aleksanteri Conference 10-12 December 2008:

http://www.helsinki.fi/aleksanteri/conference2008/

More information in STAKES:

Senior expert, Dr Simo Mannila
Tel. +358 9 3967 2040
Gsm. +358 40 508 8366
Email: simo.mannila(at)stakes.fi

Communications Officer
Anne Vienonen
Tel.+358 9 3967 2639
Gsm. +358 50 372 6606
Email:anne.vienonen(at)stakes.fi