14th Poverty and Social Protection Conference [PSPC2024]
9th - 11th of March 2024, Bangkok, Thailand
Radisson Suites Bangkok Sukhumvit

​AGENDA
Saturday - March 9th, 2024

13:00 - 13:50 Registration 
13:50 - 14:00 Welcome speech from the Tomorrow People Organization
   
14:00 - 14:25
Failed Social Welfare System in Japan: Causes, Consequences, and Counterplans
Prof. Makoto Usami - Kyoto University [Japan]

14:30 - 14:55
A Comparative Analysis of Multidimensional Child Poverty in Indonesia: Case Studies of West Sumatera and North Sumatera (Mixed Methods of Quantitative MODA (Multidimensional Overlapping Deprivation Analysis) and Qualitative Analysis)
Ms. Sherly Aktivani - BPS - Statistics Indonesia [Indonesia]

15:00 - 15:25
Invisible Wounds: Zimbabwean Transnational mothering(s), family separations and Xenophobia in South Africa
Dr. Lorena Munoz - California Lutheran University [USA]

15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break

16:00 - 17:30 Round table discussion: 
SOCIAL SAFETY NETS

18:30 Networking dinner - Chao Praya river dinner cruise
[Optional activity]
 Sunday - March 10th, 2024
   
10:00 - 10:25
Facing climate change together? The role of collective variables in mediating CT effects on climate adaptation
Filippo Grisolia - Institute of Development Policy - University of Antwerp [Belgium]

10:30 - 10:55
To Empower or Marginalize: Latinos and the American Catholic Church
Dr. Kiku Huckle - California Lutheran University [USA]

11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 - 11:55
Feed Scarborough - A Journey from Driveway Food Drive to Systemic Poverty Reduction Solution
Suman Roy - Scarborough Food Security Initiative [Canada]

12:00 - 12:25 Discussion 

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 14:25
The Kean University/Whole Family Initiative-Rwanda Partnership: Exploring research-based 2 Generation Approaches to reduce the number of families in poverty through initiatives that simultaneously promote the holistic development, education and economic stability of children, families and communities in the US and Rwanda
Dr. Joseph Youngblood II - Kean University [USA]
Thacien Mwiseneza - Whole Family Initiative Rwanda [Rwanda]

14:30 - 14:55
Diverse Defendants, Divergent Perceptions: A Study of Juror Decision-Making in the United States
Dr. Amanda ElBassiouny - California Lutheran University [USA]

15:00 - 15:25
Afro-Panamanian Racial Disparities: A Study Grounded in Critical Race Theory
Prof. LaVerne Seales - California Lutheran University [USA]

15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break

16:00 - 17:30 Round table discussion:
LESSONS LEARNED FROM RECENT GLOBAL CHALLENGES 
Monday - March 11th, 2024
 
10:00 - 10:25
Policy of Encampment: Tracing the Impact on Host Community Sentiments Towards Rohingya Refugees
Dr. Minakshi Keeni - Tohoku University [Japan]

10:30 - 10:55 
 Countering Violence Against Girls and Adolescents through Social Protection in Central America
Namar Altamirano- Panznai [France/Nicaragua] 

11:00 - 11:25 Conference summary and takeaways 

11:30 - 12:00 Coffee break

12:00 - 12:30 Closing Ceremony