1. Inequality in the Continuum of Maternal Health Service Utilisation in 16 Sub-Saharan African Countries • Anteneh Asefa, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp; Samson Gebreselassie; Tiara Marthias, School of Population and Global Health, Nossal Institute for Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; Barbara McPake, School of Population and Global Health, Nossal Institute for Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; Lenka Benova, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp.

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

3. 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, [Private consultant].

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.