Join us in Hiroshima, Japan, the City of Peace for the 2014 Inaugural Asian Symposium on Equity and Social Justice. The symposium is an international event. Abstracts and papers passing the peer-review selection will appear in the Asia ESJ Proceedings (ISSN 2188-6865). Full papers are welcomed, but not required. Papers of high quality might be selected for publication.

Asia ESJ will provide an interdisciplinary platform for educators, academics, researchers, policy makers, human rights advocates, students and professionals. With the theme Equity and Social Justice: The Road to Reform this unique symposium will promote a greater understanding of equity and social justice and help to equalize the process of globalization.

We invite proposals of 250 words by September 15, 2014 through our online system that consider the following themes:

Equity and Social Justice
Gender and Culture
Healthcare and Social Support
Human Rights
Population and Aging
Inequality and Justice
Migration and Identity
Politics and Conflict
Education for Sustainable Development
Educational Technology and ICT
Elementary Education
ESL/EFL Education
General Education
Higher Education
Special Education
Teacher Education