1. Empowerment and Vulnerability: A Multicountry Study of Sexual Autonomy and Violence among Women with Disabilities in Africa • Obasanjo Bolarinwa, University of the Witswaterand; Clifford O. Odimegwu, University of the Witwatersrand; Aliu Mohammed, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.

2. FEMALE EXCESS MORTALITY IN WEST AFRICA: A PHENOMENON FUELED BY INEQUALITIES AND DISCRIMINATION? • Mariam BOUGMA, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED); Géraldine Duthé, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED); Christophe Z. Guilmoto, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD).

4. Demographic Transitions of the Afro-descendant Population in Ecuador: 2001-2022 • Rosa Salinas, Innovasocial Populations.

5. SOCIAL INEQUALITIES OF WELL-BEING, LIFE COURSE AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITY IN SOUTHWEST, NIGERIA • Elias Wahab, Lagos State University; Maria wahab, Lagos State University; Jubril Jawando, LASU.