4. Maternal and perinatal health 22. Abortion in India 26. Institutional contexts and actors engaged in the practice of abortion in Southern countries 37. Measuring maternal mortality through the 2010 round of population censuses 47. Contraception: choice, compliance, continuation and switching 60. Reproductive morbidity 71. Cost-effectiveness of reproductive health interventions in reducing maternal and abortion-related morbidity and mortality 86. Unintended pregnancies 101. Improving abortion and post-abortion services 103. Economic impact of reproductive health 109. Gender-based violence 120. Abortion in West Africa: attitudes, practice and incidence 131. Maternal and perinatal health: quality of care 137. Reproductive health 168. Maternal and perinatal health: determinants 179. Contraceptive use: implications for policies and programmes 190. Roles of family members and health providers in abortion in Southern countries 213. The role of men in reproductive health

15. The social context of adolescent sexual behaviour 27. HIV, anti-retroviral therapies and counselling: access, sustainability and behavioural issues 35. HIV/AIDS and STDS 50. The AIDS epidemic: methodological advances 58. Sexual behaviour 100. HIV and demographic measurement 111. Safer sex, HIV/AIDS and contraception: the place of condoms 133. Contextual factors influencing HIV testing and treatment 146. HIV testing as the gateway to treatment 148. The demographic, economic, societal, and policy impacts of the HIV/AIDS pandemic 157. Charting the course of an individual AIDS epidemic and understanding its determinants

16. Sex differences in health and survival: perspectives from humans and non-human species 33. Trends in disability and their implications 56. Gender inequality, in death as in life? 61. Mortality today: national and cross-national reviews 73. New methods and new insights in mortality research 84. Mortality differentials by socioeconomic status: What about the women? 96. Sex differences in risk factors, disability and mortality 110. Health, mortality and longevity 118. Causes of death: the proximate determinants of mortality 129. A graceful exit? Health and mortality of the elderly 141. Combating childhood mortality 156. Innovative approaches in life table application 167. Trends and patterns of morbidity 178. Lost lives: infant mortality 183. Mortality differentials in multi-ethnic societies 196. Socio-economic inequality and mortality 202. Measuring mortality differentials by SES and gender in developing countries. A methodological challenge 219. Social context, social support, health and mortality

11. Methodological and measurement advances in fertility research 28. Timing of childbearing 39. Childlessness in developed countries 49. Adolescent and intergenerational fertility patterns 63. Comparative fertility in low fertility settings 72. Policies in low-fertility countries 82. Low fertility: present and future 99. Comparative fertility in high fertility settings 123. Fertility and migration 130. Religion, traditional beliefs and fertility 142. Poverty and fertility linkages 149. High fertility societies, stagnation in the fertility decline: Where, why and future prospects? 159. Fertility 164. The timing of fertility and family transitions in Europe 182. The institutional context of low fertility 193. The gap between desired and achieved fertility 205. High fertility societies

6. Family dynamics and networks 51. Union dissolution and remarriage 62. New methodological approaches to study the contemporary family 67. Transitions in family life: new links of nuptiality and fertility 77. Men's involvement in children's lives 92. Union formation and marriage 107. Men and children: childbearing and childrearing 145. Marital trajectories and social interactions 152. International migration and transnational families and households 163. Family context and work-life balance 174. Before marriage: engagement in contemporary societies 194. Divorce and remarriage in North and West Africa

8. The international migration of highly skilled workers 19. Transnational communities, social networks and international migration 30. Measuring integration: political debates, scientific and methodological issues 44. The role of highly skilled workers in socio-economic development 89. New data and methods for studying international migration and transnational networks 112. International migration of women 114. International Migration 125. Migration and co-development (1) 136. International migration and the economic crisis (IUSSP Plenary) 138. Moroccan immigration and transnational networks 171. Demographic impacts of the economic crisis 188. Gender and migration 195. International labour migration: trends, policies and legal issues 210. International migration: methods and data 221. Migration and codevelopment (2)

5. Internal migration and urbanisation: processes and patterns (1) 41. Factors affecting destination choices of internal migrants 53. Migration and left behind family and community (2) 98. Consequences of internal migration for families left behind 106. Internal migration, poverty and economic development 134. Internal migration and urbanization: processes and patterns (2) 165. Internal migration, poverty and development 176. The root causes of internal migration: Are they primarily economic? (2) 204. The root causes of internal migration: Are they primarily economic? (1)

9. Prospects for the family support of older people and their implications 13. Population ageing and intergenerational relations 31. Population ageing, labour productivity and pension systems 55. Family relations in a context of population ageing 65. Labour activity among older adults and intergenerational transfers 80. The economic aspects of population ageing 105. Family, health and well-being of older people in poorer countries

7. Consequences of armed conflict on children and on youth 18. The impact of union dynamics on child wellbeing 42. Adolescent life courses in developing countries 78. Child health, education and nutrition 83. Adolescent transition to adulthood in a changing context in developing countries 94. Children and youth 116. Children living outside of marriage: issues and implications 172. The transition to adulthood among second generation migrants: navigating between two cultures 206. Educational attainment of second generation immigrants 217. Demographic processes and outcomes for children in sub-Saharan Africa

40. Women's empowerment: measures and determinants 43. Two decades of demographic masculinization in Asia: impact and policy response 95. The gender division of household labour 126. Policies and approaches to gender and empowerment of women in the Arab world: achievements revisited 173. Gender inequalities and low fertility: the effects of policies 185. Progress or deterioration in gender equality 218. Women's status and investment in children's health and education

20. Demography of minority and migrant cultural groups 54. The demography of indigenous populations 76. Religion, culture and health 211. Religion, culture and ethnicity 215. Will the Second Demographic Transition be global? 222. Religion, culture and reproduction

29. Water and population: impact on health and mobility 74. Population impact on deforestation in developing countries 97. Population distribution processes and environmental change 108. Environment-induced migrants (1) 151. Population and environment: local and regional planning challenges 162. Population pressure, resource use and environmental degradation 170. Interrelations between population and climate change 181. Population and climate change (IUSSP Plenary) 191. Environment and mobility 207. Environment and health 224. Environment-induced migrants (2)

12. Darwinian approaches to explaining demographic transition 23. Intergenerational transmission of resources and reproductive trajectories (1) 57. Incorporating biological indicators in demographic studies 122. Biodemography 225. Intergenerational transfers of resources and reproductive trajectories (2)

45. Gender violence 68. Vulnerable minorities 85. Demography of armed conflict 102. A decline of violence? Measurement and empirical issues 121. Vulnerability, health and human Rights 189. Displaced persons, refugees and vulnerability 200. Ethical issues in demographic research 216. Vulnerability and human rights

2. Macro and micro determinants of poverty dynamics 87. Poverty and health in the life cycle 124. Poverty, inequality and social exclusion 128. The contribution of the demographic transition to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals 155. Measuring poverty 166. Inter-generational transmission of vulnerability 177. The risks of poverty to health and family well-being 203. Labour market, income and family strategies

38. Workforce ageing: consequences and responses 79. Public policy, education and household welfare 113. Gender, educational achievement and the marriage market 117. Education and labour force 132. The impact of policies on fertility and female employment 144. Educational achievement and the labour market (2) 161. Gender, educational achievement and the marriage market 180. Educational differentials and health outcomes: causality or correlation? (Session merged with Session 78) 184. Educational achievement and the labour market (1) 199. Female labour force participation, fertility and public policy

10. Measuring hard-to-count populations and sensitive issues 34. Modelling components of population change 52. Population forecasting: new approaches and uses in policy 66. Obtaining data on special populations: survey techniques and sampling methodologies for developing countries 69. Forecasting, methods and data 90. Indirect methods of demographic estimation: new techniques for new realities 119. Probabilistic population projection 127. Training Session: Getting published: Negotiating the peer-review process 140. Training Session: Research to Action: communicating evidence to effect change 147. New techniques for estimating migration 153. Advances in longitudinal analyses in population research 160. The 25th anniversary of the DHS: Data make a difference 169. Understanding demographic and health dynamics in developing countries using longitudinal data 175. Assessing the quality of qualitative data for population research 187. Life course analysis: linked lives in longitudinal perspective 198. Improving the usefulness of 2010 Population Census round. (International Statistical Institute) 209. The quantum and tempo of life cycle events 220. Data collection and data quality

21. Using demography in business and public sectors 115. Health equity and policy in the Arab countries 139. Depopulation: Trends and the impact of policies 150. Policies and population 214. Policy responses to ageing populations

24. New theoretical frameworks in demography 75. Theories in demography

17. Dimensions of mortality in the past 32. The health transition in the 19th/20th century: historical approaches 88. History of the family 158. New perspectives on the historical fertility transition 192. Marriage and family organization in the past 201. A historical demography of epidemics 212. Implications of imbalanced sex ratios in societies of the past 223. Spreading the disease: the demography of diffusion and transmission of contagious agents in the past

64. Spatial approaches to understanding inequality in health and poverty 135. GIS: integrating spatial and social demography 186. Spatial demography 197. Mapping fertility decline 208. Spatial clustering of health and mortality outcomes

1. Opening ceremony 3. Demographic and prospective transitions of the Arab world population 14. Internal migration and urbanization in the Arab world 25. Observation of demographic and social facts in the Arab world: opportunities and challenges 36. Policies and approaches for social justice and poverty alleviation in the Arab world 46. After Cairo: issues and challenges for a new Population and Development Agenda (UNFPA Plenary) 48. Migration in the Arab world: specific profiles 59. Dividends of the demographic transition in the Arab world: general cases and exceptions 70. Demography and conflicts in the Arab world 81. International migration in the Arab world 91. Key population challenges in the Arab world (Moroccan plenary) 93. Europe and the Maghreb: demographic ties. (Association Maghrébine pour l'Etude de la Population & European Association for Population Studies) 104. Maternal health in the Arab world 143. Demographic transformations, convergences and inequalities in Latin America: what the future holds? (Latin American Population Association) 154. Changing demographic landscape in Asia (Asian Population Association) 226. Closing ceremony

P1. Reproductive health, HIV-AIDS, poverty and gender P2. Fertility, family and children P3. Migration, environment and spatial demography P4. Health and ageing P5. Contexts