What do women think of self-injectable contraception now that implementation efforts have intensified across many countries in sub-Saharan Africa?
Self-injection (SI) of DMPA-SC has been a hot topic in the contraception field since pilot projects began about a decade ago. Early studies showed [...]
The Dynamics of Contraceptive Preferences: Insights from Kenyan Women
Contraceptive preferences play a crucial role in reproductive outcomes such as contraceptive continuation and pregnancy prevention. Current approaches to measuring reproductive preferences in population [...]
The Distinct–and Damaging–Impacts of Policies Externalizing Migration Control on Refugees and Other Migrants
Over the past three decades, migrant destination states of the Global North have increasingly sought to co-opt migrant origin/transit states of the Global South [...]
The Three-Month Dapivirine Vaginal Ring for HIV Prevention
The Issue HIV remains a major global public health concern with a disproportionate burden on women. Oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has been an important [...]
Puzzle Solved? The COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Impact on Fertility
When the SARS-Cov-2 pandemic was officially declared in March 2020 and the world went into lockdown, demographers and the greater public alike speculated about [...]
Women Exposed to Community Violence have Earlier Relationships and Births in Colombia, the Dominican Republic, and Guatemala
The transition from childhood to adulthood is a pivotal stage of human development with important consequences for the rest of people’s lives. Adverse conditions [...]
Societal Pessimism and the Transition to Parenthood: A Future too Bleak to have Children?
In a time marked by uncertainties, with looming economic crises, worsening climate change, and escalating social polarization, it is unsurprising that many young people [...]
Addressing Garment Factory Workers’ Needs for Family Planning Information and Services in Bangladesh, Cambodia, and Egypt
Globally, the garment industry employs nearly 94 million workers and more than 70 percent of them are women. Predominately, garment factory workers who are [...]