Call for Papers: IUSSP Seminar on Improving Measurement of Abortion Incidence and Safety
IUSSP Seminar on Improving measurement of abortion incidence and safety: Innovations in methodology and recent empirical studiesNaivasha, Kenya, 19-21 November 2024
Organized by the IUSSP Panel on Abortion Research
- Deadline for abstract submissions: 1 March 2024.
Abortion research, and in particular measurement of abortion incidence and safety, continues to be of high priority and would benefit greatly from scientific exchange. Despite the large number of abortions worldwide, methodologies to estimate its incidence and safety are scarce and need further development. The objective of this seminar is to encourage innovative research on measurement of abortion incidence, abortion safety, and abortion-related morbidity. The aim is to bring together researchers who are working on this issue, and who are developing and testing different study designs, methodologies, and approaches.
This seminar will provide an opportunity for researchers to present results from new studies on abortion (focused on incidence, safety and morbidity), propose new methodologies, assess the advantages and disadvantages of existing methodologies and help guide future work in this area. This seminar also allows for the presentation of research from a variety of contexts, ranging from those where abortion is broadly legal and safe, to those where safe and unsafe practices are both common, and those where abortion is highly legally restricted and safe abortion is extremely difficult to access.
Read the full call for papers here.
The IUSSP Scientific Panel on Abortion Research invites researchers to submit online by 1 March 2024 a short 200-word abstract AND an extended abstract (2 to 4 pages, including tables) or a full unpublished paper for consideration. To submit an abstract please fill out the IUSSP Abstract Submission Form on the IUSSP website.
Abstracts and papers may be submitted in English, French, or Spanish. However, the working language of the meeting is English, and presentations must be made in English.
• Deadline for abstract: 1 March 2024.• Applicants will be informed whether paper is accepted by: 30 April 2024.• Participants must submit their complete paper by: 10 October 2024.
Submission should be made by the author who will attend the seminar.