Session 308
The Influence of Contraception in Women’s Lives

Chair: Alessandra De Rose, Sapienza University of Rome

1. Potential for Family Planning Program Sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from 33 CountriesKaren Hardee, Hardee Associates LLC; Rebecca Rosenberg, Avenir Health; Imelda Feranil, Avenir Health.

2. “The choice is in her hands.”: Rwandan Women’s Autonomy in Family Planning Decision- Making and Use and the Resulting Goals AchievedHilary Schwandt, Western Washington University; Iris Seiwerath, a student at Western Washington University; Aubree Radtke, Western Washington University; Sequoia Dearborn, Western Washington University; Marina Koch, Western Washington University; Mya Landback, Western Washington University; Isabella Lowell, Western Washington University; Sandra Mumararungu, University of Rwanda; Sydney Patterson, Western Washington University; Biganette-Evidente Shemeza, INES-Ruhengeri – Institute of Applied Sciences; Nate Tatem, Western Washington University; Ruth Ufitimbabazi, University of Rwanda; Liz Uwera, INES-Ruhengeri – Institute of Applied Sciences; Seth L. Feinberg, Western Washington University.

3. Effect of Household Autonomy and Communication on Unmet Needs of Contraceptives among Married Women in West Africa.Ridwan Shittu, Federal University Oye-Ekiti,Ekiti State; Sarafa Shittu, Federal University Oye-Ekiti,Ekiti State; Sunday Abatan, Federal University Oye.

4. “They Should Be Open to Setting Their Partners Free”: a Qualitative Analysis of Gender and Sexual and Reproductive Decision-Making and Contraceptive Use in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Kenya, and NigeriaJoe Strong, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE); Ernestina Coast, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE); Jamaica Corker, Independent Researcher; Funmilola OlaOlorun, University of Ibadan; Amos Nsabwe, AFIDEP; Naa Dodua Dodoo, African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP); Nurudeen Alhassan, African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP).

5. The Life Course Impacts of Expanded Access to Contraception in the U.S.Sara Yeatman, University of Colorado Denver; Amanda Stevenson, University of Colorado at Boulder; Leslie Root, University of Colorado at Boulder; Katie Genadek, University of Colorado; Stefanie Mollborn, Stockholm University; James Flynn, Miami University; Joshua Sanders, University of Colorado Boulder; Jane Menken, University of Colorado Boulder.

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