The Population & Poverty Research Network

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News

The United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID) recently launched an open consultation on reproductive, maternal and newborn health to inform their future work in this area. They are seeking input from people in the UK and around the world—from mothers to midwives to the general public—to help them understand different viewpoints, how the issues might vary between countries and how DFID could work better with partners. Visit their website for more information and to participate.
 
Fertility and Empowerment Network Call for Abstracts
The Fertility and Empowerment Network is soliciting papers that explore the impact of fertility declines on women’s empowerment and gender relations in countries that have experienced significant fertility declines within the past three decades. Read the full call for abstracts (PDF: 45KB)
 
The UN Foundation has posted its 2010 request for proposals for the initiative on Strengthening U.S. Leadership on International Reproductive Health and Family Planning.
 
The Population and Reproductive Health Program at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation is hiring a program officer to lead grantmaking in the South Asia subprogram.

ECONPOP Calls for Proposals
The Research Council of Norway is calling for proposals from Norwegian institutions for its ECONPOP program.
 
CPP Offers Postdoctoral Fellowship
The Cornell Population Program invites applications for the newly funded Frank H.T. Rhodes Post-doctoral Fellowships.

Events

Essay Competition on Health Politics
The 13th Berlin Roundtables on Transnationality will be held on the topic “Health Politics in an Interconnected World” (December 1-5, 2010). The Irmgard Coninx Foundation, with the WZB (Social Science Research Center Berlin) and Humboldt-University Berlin, invites young scholars and experts from the field to participate in an essay competition for the upcoming roundtables. Please visit the website for more information.
 
Save the Date: PopPov Network Conference
The fifth annual PopPov conference on population, reproductive health, and economic development will take place in Marseille, France, January 19-21, 2011.

LSE and ESRC Workshop and Call for Papers The London School of Economics and the Economic and Social Research Council invite you to submit a paper for their November 6th workshop on reproductive morbidity and poverty. Information on how to submit a paper and register for the workshop can be found here (PDF: 61KB).

The World Health Organization and partners are pleased to announce the First Global Symposium on Health Systems Research—Science to Accelerate Universal Health Coverage. More information and details on how to register can be found here.
July 30, 2010