CONFERENCE SUMMARY
GLOBAL ASSOCIATION FOR HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH (GAHSSR)
20th International Conference on Social Science & Humanities (ICSSH)
Voilà Bagatelle Hotel, Mauritius
This summary captures a two day program with presentations, panel discussions and interactive dialogue. Global Association for Humanities and Social Science Research (GAHSSR) conference is one of best academic event in Humanaties and Social Science theme, which took place on 26-27 July 2017 at Voilà Bagatelle Hotel, Mauritius.The event brought together around 25 Participants from around 08 different countries to review and discuss the latest challenges of Humanities and Social Issues. Global Association for Humanities and Social Science Research (GAHSSR) is known to have valuable networking opportunity and set the stage for further cooperation among the participants of different countries.
The conference began with opening remarks by Honourable Keynote speaker highlighting the main context on Social Issues.
The main aim of this conference was:
1.To discuss latest challenges/researches being faced by the Society regarding Social Issues
2.Generating academic and professional relationships
3.Boosting morale and confidence of researchers in an international platform
4.Networking among the participants
5.Providing a holistic experience of academic tourism
We would begin with session 1. The details are as below.
Session 1: Welcome and opening Speech
In the Opening of the conference, Our Honourable Keynote speaker enlightened the participants with their Speech to the conference highlighting the problem emerging all around the world.
Dr Upasana Singh
( Lecturer, The Discipline of Information Systems and Technology at UKZN, Westville campus, South Africa )
Dr. Kaviraj Sukon
( Director-General, Open University Of Mauritius, Mauritius)
Highlighted the context related to Social Science and Humanities issue emerging all around the world and help us to understand the society in a better way.
Session 2: Technical Session
In this technical session Participants of Global Association for Humanities and Social Science Research (GAHSSR) presented their papers related to their Research and Study. Some of the major issues that were discussed can be outlined as:
1. "A Critical Review of D. H. Lawrence’s “The Rocking Horse Winner” Presented by Dr Sr Marykutty Alex Affiliated to Department of English, Nirmalagiri College, University of Kannur, Kannur, Kerala, India.
2. "Healthcare In South African Female Prisons" Presented by Dr Caroline A. Agboola Affiliated to NRF Scarce Skills Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Sociology, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
3. "Life Skills Enhancement for Psychoactive Substance Use Reduction among School going Adolescents in Kenya" Presented by Charity Waithima Affiliated to Psychology Department,Africa Nazarene University,Kajiado, Kenya.
In order to Promote Young Researchers, GRDS International conferences, Provides Young Research Scholarship in the form of full Registration fee waiver to participate in such events. Young Research Scholar of our conference were:
In each, GRDS International conference, Best paper award is given to best researches. In Global Association for Humanities and Social Science Research (GAHSSR), Best paper award is given to the participants with best scholarly paper submitted and presented at the conference. In Global Association for Humanities and Social Science Research (GAHSSR) conference, Best Paper Award was given to paper ‘Family Experiences of Early Social Transition for Transgender Children’ Submitted by Wallace Wong Affiliated to Child and Youth Mental Health Gender Health Program in BC Surrey, Canada and ‘Healthcare In South African Female Prisons’ Submitted by Dr Caroline A. Agboola Affiliated to NRF Scarce Skills Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Sociology, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
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