Call for abstracts for Day of the African Child Students Conference 2025

For you to get a chance to present, you will need to submit an abstract.

What is an abstract

An abstract is a statement that introduces a report, article or research in a summarised way.

Submit abstract to asw@africasocialwork.net or via Google form before 30 May 2025. Please follow the guidelines below.

Guidelines

• Your abstract should have a title.

• Your name, email and institution and college level (if available).

• The abstract paragraph should have an opening sentence introducing the topic, clarification of the research gap\questions/needs/purpose, methods used to collect data (e.g. personal experience, stories, photo taking, family interviews, baliano, literature review, documents, social media), summary of the data or findings, conclusions reached and recommendations or implications.

• Abstract should be 200 words long – single paragraph and no sub-headings.

• Abstract should report academic or no-academic research that has already been done or that will be completed before 14 June 2024 OR could be based on your experience or reflections at home, in the community, at university, during placement.

• There should be no references in the abstract.

• Prioritise African philosophy, theories, sources of knowledge and research methods.
• Africa research methods can be read here – https://africasocialwork.net/research/African theories can be read here – https://africasocialwork.net/african-theories-of-social-work/African philosophy can be read here – https://africasocialwork.net/african-philosophy/
• Ubuntu (Africa’s philosophy) – https://africasocialwork.net/ubuntu-database/

• It is ok to write the abstract in your own language, to use words from any African language in the abstract, title or key words.

• Add 5-8 key words – all key words must be used in the abstract paragraph.

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