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6th International Sexuality and Social Work Conference

Resilience and resistance:
Reproductive justice and sexuality in social work

1-4 JULY 2025 – University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Venue

Faculty of Social Work, University of Ljubljana:

Topniška ulica 31
1000
Ljubljana
Slovenia

Dates

  • 1st July 2025 – Pre-conference (social programme)
  • 2nd July 2025 – Scientific programme
  • 3rd July 2025 – Scientific programme
  • 4th July 2025 – Optional social conference activities

 

Call for abstracts

  • Call for abstracts opens Monday 23rd September 2024
  • Notification of acceptance March 2025
  • Registration opens February 2025
  • Early bird February to April 2025

 

Themes

We invite papers on the themes of (but not limited to):

  • Every day lived gender and sexuality across the lifespan
  • Justice and rights (reproductive, gender, sexuality)
  • Systems and state responses to reproductive justice
  • Activism, struggles for equality and resistance
  • Gender, sexuality and reproductive rights in social & health care: historical perspectives
  • Intersectional perspectives: racism, ageism, ableism, class issues, neurodiversity etc.
  • Education and training in social work, health and allied professions
  • Health and wellbeing
  • LGBTQ+ histories and epistemologies
  • Marriage equality, parenthood and families of choice
  • Relationships and partnerships beyond a mono-normative society
  • Other

 

Organising Committee

  • Prof Mojca Urek, Professor of Social Work
  • Anže Jurček, Teaching Assistant
  • Dr Ana Marija Sobočan, Assistant Professor
  • Dr Melissa Bird, Social Worker
  • Alfonso Pezzella, Director of Programmes

 

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Registration

Registration will open in February 2025.

 

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Submission Guidelines

All abstracts must be submitted only via the online form, which can be accessed after a submitter has created a new user account with an e-mail address and password.

Authors will be notified about the receipt of their abstract by e-mail immediately. If you have not received a confirmation within 24 hours, please check your spam folder, and after this contact [email protected]

Authors will have access to their abstracts until the deadline, and will have the possibility to edit abstracts with draft status, or submit new ones.

All correspondence concerning the abstract will be sent to the submitting author’s e-mail address.

To begin the submission process, you must first create a contact which is done on the Contact Information tab. After creating a contact, additional tabs will appear that will enable you to upload and submit your presentation.

 

Important Dates

Abstract submission deadline: January 31, 2025

Notification of acceptance: March 31, 2025

Early bird registration fee: April 30, 2025

 

Themes

We invite papers on the themes of (but not limited to):

  • Every day lived gender and sexuality across the lifespan
  • Justice and rights (reproductive, gender, sexuality)
  • Systems and state responses to reproductive justice
  • Activism, struggles for equality and resistance
  • Gender, sexuality and reproductive rights in social & health care: historical perspectives
  • Intersectional perspectives: racism, ageism, ableism, class issues, neurodiversity etc.
  • Education and training in social work, health and allied professions
  • Health and wellbeing
  • LGBTQ+ histories and epistemologies
  • Marriage equality, parenthood and families of choice
  • Relationships and partnerships beyond a mono-normative society
  • Other

 

When submitting your abstract please keep the following criteria in mind:

  • Title of the abstract (please keep it short and concise). Titles must be in title case: this means only using capital letters for the principal words. e.g The Title Must Have a Capital Letter at the Start of Every Principle Word). Please do not include titles in the abstract document.
  • Indicate your presentation type (oral, poster, workshop/symposia)
  • Please choose the theme (listed below) that best aligns with your work. If your theme is not mentioned, please specify it in the abstract and add a keyword.
  • Include the name, affiliation, and job title of Presenting Author (this person will act as the main contact for this abstract; this person must be listed as the first author)
  • Include the name, affiliation, and job title of co-author(s). Please do not add authors and affiliations to the abstract document in order to facilitate in the blind review.
  • Abstract word limit is 300 (no references needed) excluding Title, Authors and Affiliations. Graphs or tables are NOT to be included in the abstract.
  • You can submit up to 2 Abstracts per presenter.
  • The presenting author must be registered, with registration fee paid before the Early registration deadline, April 30 2025.

 

Information under the following sub-headings is required for all Abstract submissions, with the exception of theoretical/discussion papers:

  • Aim & Objectives
  • Methods
  • Findings/Outcomes
  • Discussion/Conclusion
  • Implication(s) for Practice

 

 

Abstracts will be published in the Conference Programme exactly as submitted and no corrections will be made. Please pay particular attention to grammar, spelling and typography.

Guidance for oral presentations

Please use these guidelines to prepare for your presentation.  If you need any additional support, please let us know.

If you have any co-presenters who are not listed, please let us know so we can include them in any updates.

We would be grateful if you would take a moment to let your networks and colleagues know that you are presenting! We’d love to see you tweet or post to your social media accounts about what you are presenting and how you are feeling about the conference.

Be sure to include the hashtag #SWSexuality25 and tag @SWSexuality.

If you are presenting in one of our parallel sessions, please make sure you bring your presentation on a USB/External drive and upload your presentation onto the computer in the room in advance of your session.

Please check the conference programme for the time and location of your session.  This will be the room where you upload your presentation.

Rooms will be open before the start of the conference each day and during breaks and lunch time.

Please note computers are automatically wiped at the end of each day so you must upload your presentation on the day you are presenting.  We would encourage you to do this between 8am and 9am if possible.

There will be folders on the desktop clearly labelled for each session for convenience.  We will have student ambassadors in each room to help with any issues that you might have.

In each room there will be:

A laptop, a projector and screen, VGA and HDMI connections, microphones

Please note:

Your presentation must last no longer than 15 minutes.

There are likely to be 4-5 other presenters in your session and the Chair of the session will ensure that there is time for questions and discussion after all presenters have spoken.

Please ensure that your presentation is prepared in advance and that your PowerPoint slides are clear and accessible.

We recommend:

  • Using clear fonts such as Arial;
  • Reducing the use of colourful backgrounds such as red and where possible use black text;
  • Incorporating different presentation styles into your presentation such as diagrams, pictures and verbal explanations; and
  • Using accessible language where possible.

All sessions will be busy, and Chairs will have to keep people strictly to time.

It is important therefore that your presentation is well structured and organised and that you are confident that you can cover all your material within 15 minutes.

During the session:

  • Describe pertinent visuals
  • Explain acronyms
  • Give the audience time to digest the information

After the session

  • If appropriate share contact details so that delegates can get in touch if they have questions/ further discussion

Please note that our intention is to create a safe space for discussion and debate and that we always encourage respectful debate and dialogue.

Equality, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of this event and we aim to be open, transparent, inclusive, democratic and free from discrimination to meet the needs of everyone.
We aim to do this by:

  • Communicating our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion clearly and actively promoting this;
  • Challenging discrimination based on age, disability, gender, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation;
  • Ensuring legislation and policy requirements are incorporated into our working practices.

Poster presentations

  • If you have a poster to present, please make sure you bring this with you to the conference venue;
  • On the day there will be poster boards and you will be given information on how to display your poster.
  • There are dedicated times on the programme for posters exhibition and during this time we ask you to stand next to your poster so that you can answer any questions.

Guidance for Conference delegates on Poster Presentations

A poster presentation affords certain strong advantages in communicating the main messages of your contribution for example, the outcomes of your research, policy or practice initiative for example:

  • Posters can be viewed for a substantial period during the day it is displayed
  • Any data, graphics and messages on posters can be made available
  • The poster allows you to more personally interact with the people who are interested in your contribution
  • A poster attracts an audience that is really interested in your work

The poster presentations will be organised in sessions, at least a half-day, usually a full day and where possible can be organised within a theme.

Your poster will be displayed in the common foyer area where conference delegates will be taking refreshments and food or taking a break in between sessions.

In advance of the conference, you will be told:

  • What day you should display your poster – this will be in the conference programme
  • Where to display your poster – you will be allocated a specific numbered ‘poster board’ and you should leave sufficient time at the beginning and end of the day to mount your poster and take it down.
  • Poster viewing time will be allocated in the programme to encourage delegates to take time to view the posters. Authors should make sure that they are in attendance by their poster during allocated poster viewing.

Preparing a poster

The standard format of a poster usually follows that of an oral scientific presentation and can include.

Introduction

Methods

Results

Conclusions

Recommendations

Please re-read the abstract that was accepted and make sure that you follow the same information provided there.  (Do not include your abstract on your poster as this will be in the conference programme).

A poster, like an oral presentation, cannot (and should not) contain all information you have on the topic. Posters typically should stimulate interest rather than provide a detailed presentation. If all text is kept to a minimum (800-1000 words maximum), a person should fully read your poster in less than 10 minutes. Since there will be many other posters, you must make sure your poster is interesting and visually appealing if you hope to attract viewers.

Size of your poster

This should be in Portrait mode

A1 Size 23.4 inches (59.4 cm) wide x 33.1 inches (84.1 cm) high.

General guidelines:

–The relevance of the poster to the topic should be very apparent to viewers.

– Think of the raw layout of your poster beforehand. For example, place the title at the top. Start with the Introduction at the upper left, finish with the recommendations at the lower right, with methods and results filling the central space.

– Use short sentences, simple words, and bullets to illustrate your points.

– Text should be broken up by including graphics or photos.

– Self-explanatory graphics should dominate the poster. The success of a poster directly relates to the clarity of your illustrations and tables!

– Avoid using jargon, acronyms, or unusual abbreviations.

– Use a non-serif font (Arial) for the poster.

– The poster (text and graphics) should be easily readable from about 2 metres distance. As a rule of thumb Arial >24 points).  The titles should be in large fonts (e.g. Arial >80 points)

If possible institute logos or affiliations should be minimised in size and put in the lower corner of the poster, or, alternatively, next to the title.

  • Introduction: Get your viewer interested in the issue or question while using the absolute minimum of background information and definitions. Put the objectives of your contribution at the end of your introduction.
  • Methods: Be short, but precise. For example, what study design you used and your study population.
  • Results: Briefly provide descriptive results. Any tables and graphs should stand on their own.

– A minimal amount of text materials should supplement the graphic materials.

– Use areas of empty space between poster elements to differentiate and accentuate the elements of your poster.

– Use colours for emphasis, but do not overuse (2-3 colours are usually enough).

– Graphics and tables should have a complete title and legend.

  • Conclusion and recommendations: Comment on the main results and discuss why they are conclusive and interesting. Discuss limitations. What are your recommendations?
  • Acknowledgements/further information: Thank individuals for specific contributions to the project; mention who has provided funding. Provide your e-mail address for further information.

Making the poster

  • Preparing a poster takes time. Plan for a minimum of one week.
  • Usually, presentation software such as PowerPoint is used. Format your PowerPoint slide to the size you’ll like to have it printed (ex 90×130 cm) by using the menu data -> format page. You can insert your text and graphics directly on that slide or copy-paste it from a Word document or a PowerPoint slide.
  • Print the poster in an A4 format to check for layout, colours, font size and spelling errors before printing it in large size.
  • After the poster is printed in large format, changes are no longer possible.
  • It is often useful to make a handout of your poster for distribution during the poster session

Finally, include your contact details on the poster and handout so that people can contact you after the conference is over.

Transport your poster in a tube to make sure it keeps well during travel.

The Scientific Committee will judge posters and award a prize for the best two posters – so Good Luck