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October 2008
29 September–1 October	Strengthening Linkages Between Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS Services Nairobi, Kenya (offsite link) ------------ 9/29 (Prevention of Sexual Violence): Jill Keesbury Chair, breakout session: "Advocacy strategies" (11:00 am–12:30 pm) 9/30 (Services Strengthening and Rehabilitation): Ian Askew Chair, breakout session: "Referral systems and integration of services" (11:00 am–12:30 pm) LVCT and Population Council Conveners, satellite session: "Evidence and controversies in HIV PEP, STI, and pregnancy prophylaxis following SV: Any relevance for service delivery?" (1:30–3:00 pm)
7–10 October	Third Research Meeting on Unwanted Pregnancy and Unsafe Abortion: Public Health Challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) Hosted by the Population Council Mexico City, Mexico (offsite link: more information) (fact sheet: PDF; PDF en español)
22 October	Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program Seminar Series Population Council New York, New York ------------ John Santelli Speaker: "Changing behavior risk for teen pregnancy in the United States, 1991–2007" (more)
25–29 October	American Public Health Association 136th Annual Meeting and Exposition: Public Health Without Borders San Diego, California (more)
26–29 October	15th Canadian Conference on International Health Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (offsite link) ------------ Md. Mafizur Rahman, Md. Moshiur Rahman, and Ubaidur Rob Presenters: "Health care financing for maternal health care in Bangladesh" (10/27, 1:30–4:00 pm) Ismat Hena, Ubaidur Rob, Marium Ul Mutahara, and Md. Moshiur Rahman Poster presenters: "Adolescent-friendly health service centers in Bangladesh" (10/27, 4:00–6:00 pm) Md. Noorunnabi Talukder, Md. Mafizur Rahman, and Ubaidur Rob Poster presenters: "Improving quality of services for urban slum population" (10/27, 4:00–6:00 pm)
29 October–1 November	Healthy Teen Network's 2008 Annual Conference Albuquerque, New Mexico (offsite link) ------------ Nicole Haberland Presenter: "The heart of the matter: Integrating gender into sexuality and HIV education"
30 October	Women's Contributions to Governance: Findings from Research in Rwanda Panel discussion sponsored by the Population Council, the Initiative for Inclusive Security, and the International Center for Transitional Justice New York, New York (PDF) ------------ Martha Brady, Moderator
September 2008
10–12 September	Changing Transitions to Marriage: Gender Implications for the Next Generation Seminar sponsored by the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) and Population Council, India New Delhi, India
11 September	Endocrinology and Reproductive Biology Seminar Series Rockefeller University New York, New York (more) ------------ Barry Zirkin Speaker: "Testosterone production and the aging male: Regulation and consequences"
12 September	2008 USAID Global Health Mini-University George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services Washington, DC (offsite link) ------------ Manisha Mehta and Wendy Baldwin Instructors: "It can be done: Increasing age of marriage in Ethiopia and Nepal" (Session II, 10:15–11:15 am) Catharine McKaig and Ian Askew Instructors: "Not as easy as it sounds: Integrating maternal, newborn, and child health and family planning" (Session III, 11:30 am–12:30 pm)
23 September	2008 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting New York, New York (offsite link) ------------ Cynthia Lloyd, Table Facilitator
23 September	Congressional Reception and Sneak Peak Film Screening: "The Bride was Seven" part of The Oxygen Network's "Who Cares About Girls?" documentary series Washington, DC (more about the Council's work on child marriage)
25 September	International Consortium for Emergency Contraception Washington, DC (offsite link) ------------ Martha Brady Steering committee member and presenter John Townsend Presenter: "EC distribution in the public sector: Update from the Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition" (11:30 am)
August 2008
1–2 August	The Invisible Men: Gay Men and Other MSM in the Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic Pre-conference event to the 2008 International AIDS Conference Mexico City, Mexico (PDF) ------------ Scott Geibel and Scott Kellerman Presenters: "HIV prevention with male sex workers in Mombasa" (8/1, 3:00–4:30 pm)
2 August	Women in HIV Trials: Building Bridges in Clinical and Social Science Research Pre-conference event to the 2008 International AIDS Conference organized by the International Center for Research on Women and Tibotec Mexico City, Mexico ------------ Martha Brady, Facilitator
3–8 August	AIDS 2008: XVII International AIDS Conference Mexico City, Mexico (more)
July 2008
30 June, 1–3 and 7–8 July	Adolescent Programming and Capacity-Building Workshop UNFPA and Population Council New York, New York
21 July–15 August	Research Methods Course in Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV Rosebank, Johannesburg, South Africa (more)
June 2008
4 June	From Relief to Development: Gender-based Violence Interventions in Conflict and Post-conflict Contexts Discussion sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson Center's Environmental Change and Security Program and Africa Program Washington, DC 9:00–11:00 am RSVP and Webcast information (offsite link) ----------- Ian Askew, discussant
3–7 June	2008 HIV/AIDS Implementers' Meeting—Scaling Up Through Partnerships: Overcoming Obstacles to Implementation Kampala, Uganda (more)
10–11 June	UNFPA Liberia Capacity Building Workshop Monrovia, Liberia ------------ Adam Weiner Presenter: "Adolescent policy analysis, capacity building and advocacy in Liberia"
18–20 June	Reproductive Health in Emergencies Conference 2008 Kampala, Uganda (offsite link) ------------ Jill Keesbury Presenter (on behalf of the International Consortium for Emergency Contraception): "Emergency contraception in emergencies: Assessing progress, identifying challenges" (6/18, 11:00 am)
24–25 June	Association of PVO Financial Managers (APVOFM) 2008 Annual Meeting Washington, DC ------------ Stan Mierzwa Presenter: "Field office of the future: Minimum operational standards to maximize organizational success" (6/24, 9:50–11:20 am) (Co-presenters: Kevin Novotny and Bill Lester) Alan Ring Presenter: "Acquisition contracts versus assistance agreements" (6/24, 3:30–4:45 pm) (Co-presenter: Mike Walsh)
April–May 2008
6–8 April	National Abortion Federation Annual Meeting Minneapolis, Minnesota ------------ Sandra G. García Presenter: "Public knowledge and opinions about the watershed law legalizing first trimester abortions in Mexico City" (4/7, 2:30 pm) (Co-authors: Kate S. Wilson, Claudia Díaz-Olavarrieta, Oswaldo Palma, and Patricio Sanhueza-Smith) Diana Lara Presenter: "Assessing pharmacy provision of misoprostol in Mexico using mystery client methodology" (4/7, 2:30 pm) ------------ Poster presentations (4/7, 10:30–11:00 and 4:00–4:30 pm) "Cost of medical abortion compared to aspiration abortion in Mexico City" (Claudia Díaz-Olavarrieta presenting for Daniel Grossman) "Experiences and opinions of health care providers on legal abortion in Mexico City" (Marieke van Dijk) "The trend in induced abortion in Mexico, a high-prevalence contraceptive country" (Kate S. Wilson presenting for Fátima Juárez) "Using multiple data sources to understand the impact of misoprostol on reports of abortion complications in Mexican hospitals" (Diana Lara)
12–15 April	American Society of Andrology (ASA) 33rd Annual Conference Albuquerque, New Mexico ------------ Patricia L. Morris Platform presenter: "Novel patterns identified for SUMO-1 in human pachytene spermatocytes: Involvement in the synaptonemal complex and centromeric heterochromatin" (4/13) (co-authors: Petrice W. Brown, KeumSil Hwang, and Peter N. Schlegel) Women in Andrology Luncheon Forum: "Responsible conduct of research: Ethics of data collection, management, and sharing and patient confidentiality" (4/14)
17–19 April	Population Association of America 2008 Annual Meeting New Orleans, Louisiana (Council exhibit booth no. 205) (more)
17–19 April	Countdown 2015: Maternal, Newborn and Child Survival Cape Town, South Africa (offsite link) ------------ Marta Julia Ruiz, presenter
18–20 April	Eve Santé 2008, Pan-Asian Women's Health Congress Gurgaon, India (offsite link) ------------ Régine Sitruk-Ware Member, Scientific Committee Speaker: "Progesterone delivery systems"
23–24 April	Strengthening Family Planning Services Through Operations Research: Lessons Learned and Future Directions Forum sponsored by USAID's Bureau for Global Health, FRONTIERS, and ACCESS-FP Washington, DC (more)
24 April	Endocrinology and Reproductive Biology Seminar Series Rockefeller University New York, New York (more) ------------ Chawnshang Chang Speaker: "The androgen receptor is a tumor suppressor and proliferator in prostate cancer"
24 April	Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program Seminar Series Population Council New York, New York ------------ Alan Whiteside Speaker: “Rethinking emergencies: Swaziland, a case study” (more)
25 April	Center for Cancer Research and Therapeutic Development Clark Atlanta University Atlanta, Georgia ------------ Patricia L. Morris, Visiting Scientist Lecturer: "Of mice and men: SUMO wrestling and male fertility"
27–30 April	Investing in Young People's Health and Development: Research that Improves Policies and Programs Abuja, Nigeria (offsite link) ------------ Paul C. Hewett, Barbara S. Mensch, Joseph Chimombo, Sharon Ghuman, Cynthia Lloyd and Richard Gregory Presenters: "Measuring and assessing school quality in rural Malawi" Cynthia Lloyd Presenter: "The role of schools in supporting and promoting sexual and reproductive health among adolescents in developing countries" Half-day workshop sponsored by the Population Council: "Youth as mentors: Using cascading mentorship models for youth programs" (4/27, 1:00–4:00 pm)
29 April	Adolescent Girls—Going to Scale: A Practical Voyage into the Dreamscape Luncheon seminar sponsored by the Coalition for Adolescent Girls United Nations Foundation Washington, DC (offsite link) ------------ Judith Bruce, presenter
30 April–3 May	10th Congress of the European Society of Contraception Prague, Czech Republic (offsite link) ------------ Régine Sitruk-Ware Member, Scientific Organizing Committee Speaker: "Progesterone and antiprogestins" (Meet-the-Experts Session); and "Transdermal contraception" (5/1) Speaker: "Do we need new estrogen and progestins in contraception" (Meet-the-Experts Session, 5/2) Keynote speaker: "New developments in contraception" (5/2) ------------ Irving Sivin Speaker: "The IUD and nulliparous women" (5/1) and "The state of the art of the IUD" (5/2)
13 May	Population Reference Bureau Discuss Online (offsite link) ------------ Ragui Assaad, guest expert: "The Middle East youth bulge: Causes and consequences" (1:00 pm)
17–22 May	American Urological Association Annual Meeting Orlando, Florida ------------ Peter T. Chan, Mark Sigman, and Marc Goldstein Presenters (PG Course): "Male infertility: How to treat, prevent, and collaborate with IVF faculty" (5/19) Marc Goldstein and Harris Nagler Poster Session MP63: "Infertility: Physiology, pathophysiology and basic research (II)" (5/19)
19–23 May	12th Congress on the Menopause Madrid, Spain (offsite link) ------------ Régine Sitruk-Ware Speaker: "Progesterone receptors modulators, clinical applications" (5/20) Session co-chair: "Estetrol: A fetal SERM from soy" (5/22) Session chair: "IMS challenges for the future" (5/23) Speaker: "Mirena for peri- and postmenopausal women" (5/23)
21 May	National Academy of Sciences: Distinctive Voices @ The Beckman Center Irvine, California ------------ John Bongaarts Speaker: "How long will we live?" (7:00 pm) (PDF) (offsite link)
27 May	Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program Seminar Series Population Council New York, New York ------------ Ashok Rai Speaker: "Do spouses make claims? Empowerment and microfinance in India" (more)
27 May	Looking Forward: The Role of the PAC Consortium Postabortion Care (PAC) Consortium bi-annual meeting Washington, DC 2:30–6:30 pm Co-chairs: Johannes van Dam and Laura Raney
27–31 May	35th International Conference on Global Health Sponsored by the Global Health Council (Council exhibit booth no. 202) Washington, DC (more)
February–March 2008
1 February	HIV and AIDS Brownbag Seminar Population Council New York, New York ------------ Avina Sarna Speaker: "Care and treatment for HIV-infected children: Experiences from India"
6 February	Lessons Learned from Over a Decade of Evaluating Approaches to Encourage Abandonment of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) Symposium to mark the 5th International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Cutting Washington, DC 9:00 am–4:30 pm (more)
12 February	Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program Seminar Series Population Council New York, New York ------------ Kristin Anderson Moore, Laura Lippman, and Jennifer Manlove Presenters: "Positive program outcomes, indicators, and teen relationships: Contributions from Child Trends’ research" (more)
13 February	HIV/AIDS Research Dissemination Event: From Evidence to Policy—HIV Findings from the Field Organized by the Horizons Program, International HIV/AIDS Alliance, Stop AIDS Alliance, and European Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development Brussels, Belgium 1:00–6:00 pm (more)
18–20 February	International Seminar on Potential and Actual Contributions of Behavioural Change to Curbing the Spread of HIV Organized by the IUSSP Scientific Panel on Sexual Behaviour and HIV/AIDS and the Population Council, Kenya Entebbe, Uganda (offsite link) ------------ Francis Onyango, presenter
19–22 February	Online discussion forum on intrauterine devices (IUDs) Sponsored by Population Council, ACQUIRE Project, and INFO Project with support from partners of the Implementing Best Practices (IBP) Initiative and WHO/RHR (offsite link)
21 February	Endocrinology and Reproductive Biology Seminar Series Rockefeller University New York, New York (more) ------------ Roberta Brinton Speaker: "Ovarian steroids in neurological health and disease: Implications for design and use of hormone therapies"
24–27 February	Microbicides 2008 New Delhi, India (more)
25 February–7 March	52nd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women United Nations New York, New York (offsite link) ------------ Sajeda Amin Panelist: "Microfinance and health education: A path towards health equity and women’s empowerment" (2/5, 1:15 pm)
27 February	Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program Seminar Series Population Council New York, New York ------------ Marianne Gimon Presenter: "Iraqi adolescent girls: Voices to be heard" (more)
28 February–2 March	13th World Congress of Gynecological Endocrinology Florence, Italy (offsite link) ------------ Régine Sitruk-Ware Symposium co-chair: "Effects of progesterone receptor modulators in female reproductive health with emphasis on the endometrium" (2/28) Speaker: "Transdermal patchless contraception" (2/29) Session co-chair: "Premature ovarian failure" (3/1) Speaker: "New delivery systems and progestins: What changes in contraception?" (3/1)
6 March	Women, Family and Work International Women's Day celebration sponsored by the Gender and Development Donors' (GAD) Subgroup Cairo, Egypt ------------ Ragui Assaad and Fatma El-Hamidi Presenters: "Women in the Egyptian labor market: An analysis of developments from 1988 to 2006" (PDF)
12 March	HIV and AIDS Brownbag Seminar Population Council New York, New York ------------ Waimar Tun Speaker: "Reaching hidden populations using respondent-driven sampling"
13 March	Endocrinology and Reproductive Biology Seminar Series Rockefeller University New York, New York (more) ------------ Ov Slayden Speaker: "Regulation of estrogen action in the primate reproductive tract with new-generation steroid receptor modulators"
17–18 March	The Unemployment Crisis in the Arab Countries International Conference of the Arab Planning Institute Cairo, Egypt (offsite link) ------------ Ragui Assaad Keynote speaker: "Understanding unemployment in the Arab world" (3/17) (co-author: Mohamed Ramadan) (PDF)
17–18 March	Mirena® 10-Year Celebration Tel Aviv, Israel ------------ Régine Sitruk-Ware Speaker: "Levonorgestrel intrauterine system Mirena® non-contraceptive benefits" (offsite link)
17–20 March	Gaining Educational Equity around the World 2008 Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) Teachers College, Columbia University New York, New York (offsite link) ------------ Paul C. Hewett, Barbara S. Mensch, Joseph Chimombo, Sharon Ghuman, Cynthia Lloyd and Richard Gregory Presenters: "Measuring and assessing school quality in rural Malawi"
18–19 March	Moving Forward with Postabortion Care: Lessons Learned from Five Postabortion Care Focus Countries Sponsored by USAID's Postabortion Care Working Group, the FRONTIERS program, and the ACQUIRE Project, led by EngenderHealth Washington, DC (more)
20 March	Looking Back, Moving Forward: Evidence from Horizons’ Research for Strengthening HIV Programs Horizons end-of-project meeting Washington, DC (more)
20 March	Endocrinology and Reproductive Biology Seminar Series Rockefeller University New York, New York (more) ------------ Susan Suarez Speaker: "Female control: Sperm storage, hyperactivation, and chemotaxis"
24–26 March	International Scientific Conference Al-Azhar University Cairo, Egypt ------------ Régine Sitruk-Ware Speaker: "New technologies for contraception"
26 March	Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program Seminar Series Population Council New York, New York ------------ Deborah Balk Speaker: "Urbanization and climate change: A challenge to demography?" (more)
26 March	Dubai Council for Economic Affairs Dubai, United Arab Emirates ------------ Ragui Assaad Speaker: "The labor market in Egypt"
26–29 March	Society for Adolescent Medicine 2008 Annual Conference Greensboro, North Carolina ------------ Sarah Needham Poster presenter: "Can you predict contraceptive use of adolescent mothers at 12 months post partum?" (3/27, 5:00 pm)
28–30 March	Summit Conference of the International Menopause Society Zurich, Switzerland ------------ Régine Sitruk-Ware Speaker: "Trends in hormone therapy in the USA" Roundtable participant: "Estrogen and cardiovascular risks"
January 2008
	Congressional Human Rights Caucus Briefing "Child marriage in developing countries: An update" Washington, DC ------------ Presenters: Representative Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), ICRW president Geeta Rao Gupta, and Council researcher Judith Bruce (others to be announced)
3–5 January	44th Annual Conference of the Indian Econometric Society University of Hyderabad Hyderabad, India ------------ S. Chandrasekhar Presenter: "Multidimensions of urban poverty: Evidence from India" (co-author: Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay) (1/4, 2:00 pm)
3–6 January	28th Annual Meeting of the Middle East Economic Association New Orleans, Louisiana ------------ Ragui Assaad Presenter: "Youth exclusion in Egypt: Trends and policies" (co-author: Ghada Barsoum) (1/5, 12:30 pm)
7 January	From Oil Boom to Youth Boon: Tapping the Middle East Demographic Gift Presented by the Middle East Youth Initiative Brookings Institution Washington, DC 2:30–5:00 pm ------------ Ragui Assaad, featured speaker
21 January	Girl Scouts International Event—Child Brides: Stolen Lives Video conference and panel discussion Adelphi University Garden City, New York (additional information on "Child Brides: Stolen Lives") ------------ Eva Roca, panelist
21–25 January	University of Nairobi STD/AIDS Collaborative Group Annual Meeting Nairobi, Kenya (more) Please note: This meeting has been postponed
28 January– 1 February	Contraceptive Implants: An Opportunity to Share Your Experiences with Colleagues Online discussion forum (more)
29 January	Child Brides: Stolen Lives Screening of PBS special report and panel discussion with leading experts on child marriage Johns Hopkins School of Public Health Baltimore, Maryland ------------ Wendy Baldwin, panelist
30 January	Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program Seminar Series Population Council New York, New York ------------ Dean Karlan Presenter: "Microfinance: Learning what works, what does not, and why" (more)
30 January	Girls Count: A Global Investment & Action Agenda (offsite PDF) Event to launch new report co-authored by Cynthia Lloyd Co-sponsored by the Center for Global Development, International Center for Research on Women, and the Population Council Washington, DC (offsite link)
31 January	Bixby Fellowship Brownbag Seminar Population Council New York, New York ------------ Yunhui Zhang Bixby fellow, Reproductive Health program Speaker: "Health effects, environmental impact, and government action concerning phthalate, a common plasticizer in China"
December 2007
6 December	Interagency Youth Working Group (IYWG) meeting Washington, DC (offsite link) ------------ Ben Ochieng Presenter: "Integrating HIV and reproductive health services for young people: The Friends of Youth (FOY) program in Kenya" (co-author: Annabel S. Erulkar) (PDF)
10–14 December	Fifth African Population Conference Sponsored by the Union for African Population Studies Arusha, Tanzania (more)
12 December	Rwanda OVC Mentorship Program Update: "Assessing the psychosocial benefits of a mentor program for youth-headed households in Rwanda" Sponsored by the Orphans and Vulnerable Children Task Force Washington, DC (PDF)
13–14 December	Mapping Global Inequality: Beyond Income Inequality University of California at Santa Cruz ------------ Cynthia B. Lloyd Keynote speaker: "Educational inequalities in the midst of widespread poverty: Diversity across Africa in primary school completion" (co-author: Paul C. Hewett) (12/13, 2:00 pm)
18 December	Alliance for Microbicide Development Meeting: Adherence and Its Measurement in Microbicide Clinical Trials ------------ Barbara S. Mensch and Paul C. Hewett Presenters: "Results on adherence from an interview mode experiment in the Phase 3 Carraguard sites, South Africa”
November 2007
2–4 November	Beijing Forum 2007 Beijing, China ------------ John Bongaarts Speaker: "Population policy options in the developing world"
3–7 November	American Public Health Association 135th Annual Meeting and Exposition Washington, DC (more)
8 November	Promising Practices in Monitoring and Evaluation of Gender-Based Violence Technical meeting presented by the Gender-Based Violence Task Force of the Interagency Gender Working Group (IGWG) National Press Club Washington, DC 8:30 am–1:00 pm ------------ Panel II—Promising Practices in Evaluating GBV Programs Reports on evaluations of Stepping Stones by Nata Duvvury, of Sexto Sentido by Julie Pulerwitz, and of Liverpool VCT’s post-rape care program by Nduku Kilonzo
14 November	Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program Seminar Series Population Council New York, New York ------------ Ragui Assaad Presenter: "Poverty and the labor market in Egypt: A review of developments in the 1998–2006 period" (more)
29 November	Bixby Fellowship Brownbag Seminar Population Council New York, New York ------------ Subramaniam Chandrasekhar Bixby fellow, Poverty, Gender, and Youth program Speaker: "Urban poverty in India"
October 2007
5 October	USAID Global Health Mini-University 2007 George Washington University Washington, DC (offsite link) ------------ Jim Foreit Instructor: "Systematic screening: Essential ingredient in integrated services" (Session 3, 11:30 am–12:30 pm, room 305H) (related publication) Laura Raney Instructor: "FGC/M: A gender and development approach" (Session 3, 11:30 am–12:30 pm, room 114)
8–11 October	Regional Workshop on Using the Findings from Operations Research to Increase the Access, Quality, and Integration of Contraceptive Services in Latin America and the Caribbean La Antigua, Guatemala (more)
10 October	UNFPA Technical Support Division Learning Day Series New York, New York ------------ James F. Phillips Presenter: "Community-based health services: The Navrongo experiment in Ghana" (10:00 am–12:00 pm)
11 October	PBS NOW documentary film on child marriage Breakfast reception and screening Population Council New York, New York
18 October	Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program Seminar Series Population Council New York, New York ------------ James F. Phillips Presenter: "An introduction to baobab demography: Evidence-based reproductive and child health program development in Ghana” (more)
18–20 October	Women Deliver Global Conference London, England (offsite link) ------------ Nicole Haberland Presenter: "Aligning gender strategies" (10/19, Session: Engaging Men to Promote Gender Equality, 2:00–4:30 pm)
19 October	Results of an Intervention Study Aimed at Reducing Stigma and Discrimination in Health Care Settings International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) Washington, DC (10:30 am–12:00 pm) ------------ Khuat Thi Hai Oanh, presenter (more)
19 October	Minorities Affairs Committee Linkage Fellows Program (American Society of Cell Biology) and New York State Science and Technology Program LaGuardia Community College Long Island City, New York ------------ Petrice W. Brown, F.M. Kirby Foundation Fellow, Population Council Center for Biomedical Research Speaker: "Before the lovin': Mechanisms in early sperm development" (1:30 pm)
28 October–2 November	2007 Sexuality Institute—Silent Sexualities: Desire, Love and Constructive Wellness Mombasa, Kenya (offsite link) ------------ Ayorinde Ajayi Presenter: "Introducing the 2007 Sexuality Institute" (10/28, 9:00–10:30 am), and "Is research, programming and policy responding to the sexuality frameworks?" (10/28, 2:00–3:00 pm) Harriet Birungi Presenter: "Sexuality in chronic illness" (10/29, 9:00–10:30 am)
29–31 October	4th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights Hyderabad, India (more)
30 October	Iowa State University Lectures Program, World Affairs Series Ames, Iowa ------------ Cynthia B. Lloyd Lecturer: "Growing up global: Can education reduce gender inequality and poverty?" (8:00 pm) (PDF)
30 October	Integrating Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS Services: Lessons from the Field for PEPFAR Reauthorization Conference hosted by the CSIS Task Force on HIV/AIDS Center for Strategic and International Studies Washington, DC 9:00 am–4:00 pm ------------ Buck Buckingham, Marsden Solomon, and Saiqa Mullick Speakers: "Kenya: Integrating family planning with voluntary counseling and testing (VCT)"
30 October	International Women Leaders Dinner University of Washington Women's Center Seattle, Washington ------------ Zeba Sathar Keynote speaker: "Pakistan at the crossroads: Muslim women creating change"
September 2007
3–8 September	Scaling Up High-Impact FP/MNCH Best Practices: Achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Asia and the Near East Technical meeting convened by the Extending Service Delivery Project Bangkok, Thailand (more)
10 September	Addressing the Reproductive Health Needs of Adolescents Perinatally Infected with HIV in Uganda Washington, DC (PDF) ------------ Ian Askew, presenter on behalf of Harriet Birungi
11 September	Addressing FGM/C Among the Somali Community Living in Kenya Washington, DC (PDF) ------------ Ian Askew, presenter
10–11 September	Youth Microenterprise Conference Washington, DC (offsite link) ------------ Sajeda Amin and Kelly Hallman Presenters: "Knowledge, networks, and aspirations: Economic foundations for adolescent girls' livelihoods" (more) (9/10, 10:45 am–12:15 pm)
14–16 September	Florence–Utah International Symposium: Genetics of Male Infertility Florence, Italy ------------ Petrice W. Brown Oral and poster presentation: "SUMO-1 associates with the synaptonemal complex and centromeric heterochromatin in human pachytene spermatocytes” (Authors: Petrice W. Brown, Peter N. Schlegel, and Patricia L. Morris)
17–18 September	Young Decision Makers Conference: SRHR and the MDGs: Global Responsibilities of Europe's Youth Lisbon, Portugal ------------ Judith Bruce Presenter: "Access to SRHR services—Are youth programmes meeting the needs of young people?" (9/17, 12:00–1:00 pm)
26–28 September	Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting New York, NY (offsite link) ------------ Cynthia B. Lloyd Table facilitator, education working group sessions
27 September	Democratising Science: Science Reporting and HIV Prevention Trials An HIV/AIDS and the Media Project Discussion Forum University of the Witwatersrand South Africa (more)
27–28 September	Population Association of Southern Africa Annual Conference North West University Mafikeng, South Africa ------------ Population Council session: Saiqa Mullick Presenter: "Introduction to Population Council in South Africa" and "Integration of reproductive health services" Lewis Ndhlovu Presenter: "Innovative ways of prevention of HIV/AIDS" Nkosinathi Sohaba and Waimar Tun Presenters: "Examples from Mpumalanga and Eastern Cape" Doctor Khoza and Mantshi Menziwa Presenters: "Examples from North West Province"
27–28 September	The Future of Male Contraception Seattle, Washington (offsite link) ------------ Patricia L. Morris Presenter: “SUMOs and SUMOylation as promising targets for male contraceptive development in humans” (Authors: Petrice W. Brown, KeumSil Hwang, Lyann Mitchell, Catherine Rapelje, Marc Goldstein, Peter N. Schlegel, and Patricia L. Morris)
29 September	Contraceptive Development Research Centers Program (U54) Meeting University of Washington Seattle, Washington ------------ Patricia L. Morris Speaker: "Safety and molecular mechanisms of CDB-2914, a new progesterone receptor modulator, on human breast and endometrium” (Authors: Patricia L. Morris, KeumSil Hwang, Lyann Mitchell, Catherine Rapelje, and Régine Sitruk-Ware)
July–August 2007
1–2 July	Workshop: Male and Female Condom for HIV Prevention and Dual Protection and Update on Other Female-initiated Preventive Methods Kenyatta International Conference Centre Nairobi, Kenya
1–4 July	AIDS Impact 2007 8th International Conference on Biopsychosocial Aspects of HIV Infection Marseille, France (offsite link) ------------ Kelly Hallman Presenter: "Social capital, socioeconomic aspirations, and HIV risk behavior among poor South African youth" (Session 26.97, Poster B 03/07/2007) (abstract)
2–3 July	Microbicide Access Forum 2007 Sponsored by the International Partnership for Microbicides and the World Health Organization Nairobi, Kenya ------------ Martha Brady Plenary speaker: "Insights and evidence from product introduction to inform microbicides" (PDF) (7/2, 9:30–11:00 am)
4–7 July	International Women's Summit: Women's Leadership on HIV and AIDS Kenyatta International Conference Centre Nairobi, Kenya (offsite link) ------------ Population Council, co-sponsor Town Hall meeting: "Female-initiated prevention options" (7/6, 12:30–2:30 pm)
11 July	Men as Partners in Maternal Health UN World Population Day panel discussion sponsored by the Population Institute, United Nations Population Fund, and Communications Consortium Media Center Washington, DC (offsite link)
16 July	Global Health Council Partner's Forum: Country-Level Programs for Reproductive Health Washington, DC 2:00–3:30 pm ------------ John W. Townsend, speaker
17–19 July	Le repositionnement de la planification familiale : Partie I [Virtual Conference on Repositioning Family Planning: Part One] (offsite link) ------------ Nafissatou J. Diop Presenter: "Le repositionnement de la planification familiale au Sénégal : Les facteurs contextuels affectant la planification familiale" [Repositioning family planning in Senegal: Contextual factors affecting family planning] (7/18)
18 July	Panel Discussion on Health Policies Sponsored by InfoShop and Health, Nutrition & Population Team, World Bank Washington, DC 12:00 pm (offsite link) ------------ Peter J. Donaldson Discussant: Global Family Planning Revolution: Three Decades of Policies and Programs (recent volume edited by Warren Robinson and John Ross)
23 July–17 August	Research Methods Course in Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV Rosebank, Johannesburg, South Africa (more)
29 July–1 August	17th Meeting of the International Society for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research (ISSTDR) Seattle, Washington (offsite link)
30 July–3 August	Global Technical Consultation on FGM/FGC UN Conference Centre Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PDF) ------------ Maryam Sheikh Abdi Presentation: "Lessons learned from operations research on female genital mutilation" (Authors: Nafissatou Diop and Ian Askew) (7/31) (PDF) Laura Raney Presentation: "Role of research, monitoring, and evaluation in FGM programs" (Authors: Nafissatou Diop and Ian Askew) (7/31) (PDF)
5–9 August	HIV and Alcohol, Gender Norms, and Gender-Based Violence: A Strategic Communication Perspective African Network for Strategic Communication in Health and Development (AfriComNet) Workshop Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (offsite PDF)
21–25 August	13th International Congress of Immunology Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ------------ Panagiotis Vagenas Oral presentation and poster: "CpG C ISS-ODN activates mucosal dendritic cells and B cells: A potent adjuvant for mucosal HIV vaccines" (Authors: Panagiotis Vagenas, Gavin Morrow, James Blanchard, Michael Piatak, Jeffrey D. Lifson, Agegnehu Gettie, and Melissa Robbiani)
26–28 August	2nd International HIV Transmission Workshop Washington, DC (offsite link) ------------ Melissa Robbiani, plenary speaker
29 August	Horizons/Population Council Kenya National Dissemination Workshop Nairobi, Kenya (more)
June 2007
29 May–1 June	34th International Conference on Global Health Sponsored by the Global Health Council (Council exhibit booth no. 202) Washington, DC (more)
4 June	Council on Foreign Relations Global Health Spring 2007 Roundtable Series: "How Can US Foreign Aid Support What Works for Global Health?" New York, New York 8:30 am–2:00 pm Can We Make Cervical Cancer History? The Challenges and Opportunities in Accelerating Global Access to HPV Vaccines ------------ Judith Bruce Speaker, Session 2: "Challenges and opportunities for international HPV vaccine roll-out"
4–5 June	Second International Conference on Surveying Health in Complex Situations Brussels, Belgium ------------ Waimar Tun Presenter: "Recruitment of injection drug users in two cities in India using respondent-driven sampling for an HIV-related behavioral survey" (Session 3: How to Reach Populations) (6/4, 2:00 pm)
5–8 June	3rd South African AIDS Conference Durban, South Africa (more)
10–14 June	10th International Congress of Reproductive Immunology Opatija, Croatia ------------ Gavin Morrow Oral presentation (HIV and Reproduction session): "The pros and cons of dendritic cells in HIV transmission" (Authors: Gavin Morrow, Andrew Shaw, Federica Crostarosa, Susanna Trapp, Stuart G. Turville, Ines Frank, Agegnehu Gettie, James Blanchard, and Melissa Robbiani)
11–13 June	Workshop on Urban Population, Development and Environment Dynamics sponsored by the Committee for International Cooperation in National Research in Demography (CICRED) Nairobi, Kenya ------------ Mark Montgomery Keynote speaker: "Cities transformed: Demographic change and its implications in the developing world" (6/11, 9:00 am) (PDF) Presenter: "Estimating and forecasting city growth in the developing world" (6/13, 9:00 am)
16–19 June	Scaling Up Through Partnerships: 2007 HIV/AIDS Implementers' Meeting Kigali, Rwanda (more)
20 June	Care and Support for Youth-headed Households in Rwanda: Assessing the Psychosocial Benefits of a Community-based Mentoring Program Presentation of evaluation study findings Horizons Program, research partner (related project) Kigali, Rwanda 9:00 am–12:00 pm
24–25 June	Pre-launch Workshop for the World Bank Regional Educational Flagship Report: "Education reform in the Arab World: The road not traveled" Organized by the World Bank Regional Office, Middle East and North Africa Cairo, Egypt ------------ Ragui Assaad Chair and moderator: ""The Egypt education reform process" (Session 4) (6/25, 9:00 am–12:30 pm)
25 June	Off the Map: How HIV/AIDS Programming Is Failing Same-Sex Practicing People in Africa International Rectal Microbicide Working Group (IRMWG) global teleconference featuring Cary Alan Johnson, senior specialist for Africa at the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (offsite link)
26 June	Employment, Productivity and Poverty in Egypt Organized by the Egyptian Center for Economic Studies Cairo, Egypt ------------ Ragui Assaad, Rania Roushdi, and Nihal El Megharbel Speakers: "Towards enhancing the quality of jobs and linkages between SMEs and large firms" (Session 3) (3:30–5:30 pm)
27 June	Congressional Briefing on Successful Mother-to-Child Transmission Program Sponsored by US Senators Joseph Biden and Richard Lugar Washington, DC (more)
28 June–1 July	National Women's Studies Conference Chicago, Illinois ------------ Debbie Rogow Presenter: "Long time coming: Putting gender at the heart of sex education" (Co-author: Nicole Haberland)
May 2007
7 May	Youth: New Research, Program Experiences, and Applications Meeting of the Interagency Youth Working Group Washington, DC (offsite link) ------------ Nicole Haberland Presenter: "First-time parents" Ian Askew and Nafissatou Diop Presenters: "Multisectoral projects in Kenya and Senegal" Wendy Baldwin Panelist: "Applications and lessons: Next steps"
9 May	Cell Biology and Flow Cytometry "CellCore" Seminar Series Sponsored by the Population Council at Rockefeller University New York, New York (more) ------------ Robert Balderas Speaker: "Characterization, isolation and mechanism studies of T regulatory cells"
11 May	Evaluation of mothers2mothers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Symposium sponsored by the Horizons program Washington, DC (more)
24–28 May	5th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health Amsterdam, The Netherlands (offsite link)
29 May	A Chance for Children: Critical Issues in Pediatric HIV and AIDS Programming Auxiliary event at the 34th International Conference on Global Health Sponsored by USAID/BASICS 8:30–10:30 am ------------ Naomi Rutenberg, Presenter
29 May	Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN): Partnerships for Sustainable Improvements in Maternal and Newborn Health Auxiliary event at the 34th International Conference on Global Health 5:00–7:00 pm ------------ Zeba A. Sathar, Presenter
29 May	Postabortion Care (PAC) Consortium General Meeting: "Community Partnerships in PAC" Auxiliary event at the 34th International Conference on Global Health Hosted by the Population Council Washington, DC 1:00–6:00 pm (PDF of agenda)
30–31 May	G8 Parliamentarians' Conference on the Economic Rewards of Investing in HIV/AIDS Prevention and Health Berlin, Germany ------------ Judith Bruce Speaker, Special Session on Best Practices in Addressing HIV/AIDS—Group 1: A New Generation Growing Up with HIV/AIDS 5/30, 3:30–5:00 pm
April 2007
10–12 April	Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS International Conference— Integrating HIV/AIDS and Sexual and Reproductive Health: The Policy Implications Hosted by Kenyatta University Kenya College of Communication and Technology Mbagathi, Kenya (more)
11 April	Gender Dimensions of HIV and Adolescent Programming in Ethiopia Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ------------ Judith Bruce Presenter: "The girls left behind: Out of the box and out of reach" (PDF) Annabel S. Erulkar Presenter: "Dimensions of girls' vulnerability in rural and urban Ethiopia" (PDF) Mesfin Tegegne Presenter: "From research to action: Programming principles to reach the most out-of-reach" (PDF)
11 April	United Nations Commission on Population and Development New York, NY ------------ Saumya RamaRao, panelist Panel discussion on the Population Action International report "The shape of things to come: Why age structure matters to a safer, more equitable world" 1:00–3:00 pm
25 April	Paying for Family Planning in the 21st Century Meeting sponsored by FRONTIERS and the MAQ Financial Sustainability Working Group Washington, DC 9:00 am–3:00 pm (more)
25–27 April	XX Reunión Asociación Latinoamericana de Investigadores en Reproducción Humana [XX Meeting of the Latin American Association of Researchers in Human Reproduction] Buenos Aires, Argentina ------------ Eileen A. Yam Presenter: "Sexual behaviors and health practices of Bolivian sex workers: A survey in six cities" (Authors: Eileen A. Yam, Kara Richmond, Freddy Tinajeros, Rita Revollo, and Sandra G. Garcia) 4/25, 4:30 pm
March 2007