Global initiatives, such as Millennium Development Goals, have made some headway in bringing education and social justice issues to the forefront of mainstream discussion, such as universal primary education, gender equality, eradication of poverty, hunger and disease, but still the disparities data illustrate that the so-called “road to reform” is, indeed, a very long road.

We are delighted to welcome academics, researchers, students, non-profit professionals, healthcare professionals and other educators to join us from December 20-22, 2015 at the KKR Hotel in Hiroshima, Japan for the Second Asian Symposium on Education, Equity and Social Justice. The deadline for proposals is Friday, October 23, 2015.

The symposium is an international and interdisciplinary event. Abstracts and papers passing the peer-review selection will appear in the EQUIS Proceedings (ISSN 2188-6865). We invite proposals of 250 words through our online system that consider the following themes:

Administration, Policy and Leadership
Aging and Population
Business and Management Education
Children and Youth
Cross-Cultural Issues in the Classroom
Curriculum, Research and Development
Cultural Studies
Distance Education, Open and E-learning
Education
Educational Measurement and Evaluation
Education Counseling and Psychology
Education for Sustainable Development
Education Technology and Globalization
Elementary and Early Childhood Education
Equity and Social Justice
ESL / EFL Education
Families, Marriage and Parenting
Gender Studies (Women, Men, LGBT)
Health, Sex and Physical Education
Healthcare and Social Support
Higher Education / Further Education
Human Rights Education
ICT and Education
Indigenous and Rural Education
Inequality and Justice
Language Rights
Math and Science Education
Multimedia Applications in Education
Music and Art Education
Migration and Identity
Politics, Conflict and Peace Studies
Refugees and Diaspora Issues
Religious Freedom
Secondary Education
Second Language Acquisition
Social Media and Networking in Education
Special Needs and Disabled Education
Teaching and Learning
Teacher Education
Urban Studies and Education