Session 202
The Interplay between Individual and Contextual Influences on Reproduction

Chair: Ewa Batyra, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR)

1. Relative Resources and Community Norms: Contextualizing Intimate Partner Violence in West AfricaWinfred A. Avogo, Illinois State University.

2. Is Empowerment the Key to Solve India’s Method-Mix Problem? Associational Analysis of Permanent Methods of Contraception and Women’s Empowerment Using Multi-Level Modelling of Survey DataPiyush Kumar, Sambodhi Research and Communication Pvt. Ltd.; Vikas Choudhry, Sambodhi Research and Communications.

3. How Gender Norms Influence the Experiences and Consequences of (In)Fertility of Women and Men in Kenya and Cameroon: A Qualitative ExplorationElizabeth Larson, Center on Gender Equity and Health, UC San Diego; Dinah Amongin, Makerere University School of Public Health; Emma Woks, EVIHDAF; Lotus McDougal, Center on Gender Equity and Health, UCSD; Caroline Deignan, Matchboxology; Courtney McLarnon, GEH, UCSD; Peter Kisaakye, Makerere University; Symon Wandiembe, Makerere University; Paul Bukuluki, Makerere University; Jean Christophe Fotso, EVIHDAF; Junior Agbor, EVIHDAF; Caroline Teh Monteh, Independent consultant; Esther Spindler, Consultant, GEH/UCSD; Shannon Pryor, Save the Children; Madeleine Short Fabic, US Agency for International Development (USAID); Sadia D Parveen, USAID; Rebecka I. Lundgren, University of California, San Diego.

4. Exploring the Relationships between Stigma, Social Support, and Abortion Safety in Two Sub-Saharan African SettingsOnikepe Owolabi, Vital Strategies; Clémentine Rossier, University of Geneva, Institute of demography and Socioeconomics; NMAS TEAM, Guttmacher Institute.

5. Pregnancy Recognition Trajectories: A novel conceptual frameworkJoe Strong, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE); Emily Freeman, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE); Ernestina Coast, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE); Ann M. Moore, Guttmacher Institute.

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