Title: Our rights, Our lives, Our future plus (O3 plus) Call for Reviewers

2^nd international conference on sexual and reproductive health and comprehensive sexuality education – 27 to 29 November 2023

THEME: Nexus between Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) AND Drug and substance abuse in tertiary institutions

Dear Researchers,

The Copperbelt University and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization – Regional Office of Southern Africa (UNESCO ROSA) open an opportunity for lecturers or researchers to join as reviewers for the forthcoming 2^nd international conference on sexual and reproductive health and comprehensive sexuality education – 27 to 29 November 2023.

The overall objective of this conference is to generate a body of knowledge for a deeper understanding of the HIV, STI and GBV burden in colleges and the overall context for SRHR-related activity and service utilization, including insights on student ‘demand’, in Higher and Tertiary Education Institutions (HTEI)-based ‘supply’, and the broader campus environment.

However, to achieve this objective, reviewers will play a significant role in ensuring high-quality abstracts and manuscripts and we would appreciate your support as a reviewer, including the advice and guidance to our conferences and authors.

We therefore invite proposals from reviewers who have excelled in their fields of research and have practical experience within the following subthemes:

Drug and substance abuse among tertiary students

• Causes of drug and substance abuse
• Proliferation of drugs and substances among students on and off campus, common drugs and illicit substances abused
• Addiction signs and symptoms
• Availability of systems to detect drug and substance abuse
• Rehabilitation for addictions

Drug and substance abuse, unwanted pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)

• STIs and unwanted pregnancies obtained as a result of having sex while intoxicated
• Interface between drug and substance abuse and night club life, sex parties, orgies, pimping etc.

Drugs and substance abuse and gender-based violence (GBV)

• Evidence of GBV being motivated by drug and substance abuse both for perpetrators and survivors
• Prevalence and intensity of GBV cases among students that are linked to drug and substance abuse

Policy response to Drug and substance abuse in HTEIs

• Policies to prevent the proliferation of drugs and illicit substances on campus
• Policies to guide response to abuse of drugs and other substances on campus
• Policies on the treatment and support for students who become addicted to drugs

Interventions to tackle drug and substance abuse among students

• Health facility interventions
• Awareness raising interventions
• Peer to peer interventions
• Whistleblower systems
• Multi-stakeholder interventions
• Role of Comprehensive Sexuality Education

 Submission Deadline

The expression of interest to be part of the reviewing process should be submitted to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by 5pm CAT on 8^th August, 2023.