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Current topic: From abortion to contraception

• Introduction

• The right to abortion in the world

• The level of abortions in Russia is still higher than in other developed countries

• Age differences – who has abortions more often

• Distinguishing features of contraceptive behavior

• Instead of a conclusion

• Links to related topics

• Topics of previous issues

World demographic barometer

Global trends of family planning, 1970 - 2030

• Ensuring universal access to family planning services is included in the sustainable development agenda up to 2030

• In 2015, contraception was used by 64% of women aged 15-49 who are married or in a partnership

• Modern contraceptive methods are used by 57% of women aged 15-49 who are married or in a partnership

Through the eyes of the analysts

• Termination of pregnancy in the Russian Federation according to official statistics and a longitudinal survey

• The medicalization of reproduction and childbirth: the struggle for control

• Women’s childlessness and scenarios of their life path

Q&A

• American attitudes toward abortion

• The economic crisis - the main internal threat in Russia

• Does living mean working?

• Russia’s national culture of driving

In the vastness of Russia

• Medvedev links increase in life expectancy and the possibility of raising the retirement age

• Is talk about a Pension Fund deficit a myth?

• Topilin names terms of a possible increase in the retirement age in Russia

• Ministry of Economic Development considers an increase in the retirement age inevitable

• Putin raises the retirement age for state officials

• In Russia mortality continues to decrease

• Fertility in Moscow has grown by 5% since the start of the year

• Russians marrying less

• Could the population of the Crimea double within five years?

• In Russia over 40% of low-income families have been left without child allowances

• Bank of America predicts increase in the number of wealthy Russians

• Ministry of Labor denies rumors about introduction of a tax on “parasites”

• In Russia more than 500,000 workers have been legalized since the beginning of the year

• Ministry of Economic Development will propose that Putin simplify firing laws

• Migration rate to Kazan will not slow down for another 14 years

• Almost a third of victims of the deportation of Crimean Tatars are children under 14

• Federation Council intends to deal with fights among migrants by introducing visas

• State Duma Committee will discuss tightening of migration policy

• Russia comes in last in world ranking for hospitality to refugees

• In Russia alcohol consumption has decreased by nearly a third

• Russia leads the world in the level of youth mortality from alcoholism

• State Duma classifies psychotropic drugs as intoxicating substances

• One third of Russians known to have an increased risk of stroke

• Detection of cancer at an early stage has increased by 8%

• The number of abortions at the woman’s request decreased by 13% in 2015

• One women in four has decided not to abort after consultation in Ministry of Health centers

• Draft law on payouts for choosing not to abort has been sent back to its author

• Proposal in State Duma to check couple’s ability to have children before marriage

• State Duma has not adopted bill on wedding ceremonies outside of registry office

Eurasia panorama

• Population of Kazakhstan increased over the year by more than 250,000 people

• The population of Moldavia is 3,553,000 people

• Population of Kiev is 2,909,400 people

• Life expectancy in Armenia is 74.8 years

• Mortality increasing in Moldova

• IMF proposes to raise retirement age in Ukraine

• Raising the retirement age is inevitable in Moldova

• In 2015, around 400,000 children were born in Kazakhstan

• In Belarus, “single motherhood” is decreasing

• National Statistical Committee of Belarus plans to put into practice the recommendations of the Conference of European Statisticians

• Referendum on marriage in Georiga will not take place

• US will give Ukraine more than $28 million in humanitarian aid

• Moldova is rapidly losing its workforce

• In Moldova, a growing number of unemployed

• Ukrainians are reminded that visa-free regime does not give the right to work in the EU

• Kirgizia asks Russia to shorten the “blacklist” barring the entry of migrants into Russia

• Period of time during which Kazakhstanis can stay in Kirgizia without registration may be shortened

• Large numbers of Ukrainians going abroad in search of a better life

• According to Tajik authorities, the flow of migrant workers out of the country has dropped significantly

• 65% of parents don’t want their children to leave Moldova

• In Azerbaijan, a growing number of sexual minorities with HIV

• Belarus ranks first in the CIS on the maternity index

• Kirgizia has registered 18 maternal deaths since the start of the year

• Ambulance service in Kazakhstan will remain free

World news

• Two-thirds of world’s population will live in cities by 2030

• Life expectancy in the world has risen by 5 years since 2000

• Turkey faces problem of aging population

• The population of China is aging too fast

• In 2015, fertility in Japan reached 15-year high for the last 21 years

• Chinese leader demands the promotion of family planning

• Latvia’s demographic choices are highly limited

• Italian authorities propose to double the child allowance

• In Estonia, 79,200 young people are still outside the labor market

• Lithuania has begun to think about bringing back its emigrants

• Georgia deserves a visa-free regime with EU countries

• In UK, 1.2 million more migrants from EU countries have been discovered

• In Finland over 2,000 refugees have disappeared

• The EU cannot reduce the flow of migrants in the Mediterranean?

• The number of refugees arriving in Greece has fallen by 90 percent

• Migrants have used Russia to enter Schengen zone

• European Commission calls on EU countries to take in more asylum seekers

• Germany has taken in 200,000 refugees since the start of the year

• Finland ranks Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia as safe countries

• Smugglers have earned $6 billion on refugees

• Germany will have spent nearly 93.6 billion euros on refugees by 2020

• In Germany, the number of attacks on migrants has risen

• The number of abortions in developed countries has fallen to historic lows

• Oklahoma Legislature approves abortion ban

• Scientists predict decline of the age of antibiotics

• Over 80% of world’s urban dwellers breathe polluted air

• Mexican President proposes to legalize same-sex marriage

• Italian President signs law on same-sex marriage

The newspapers write about…

• “Nezavisimaya Gazeta” and “Moskovskiy Komsomolets” on the implementation of the May decrees

• “RBK” on health care reform and life expectancy

• “Kommersant” on youth mortality

• “Izvestiya” on Russia’s demographic situation and male life expectancy

• “Fakty” on the abolition of registration of traffic accidents in Ukraine

• “Meditsinskaya Gazeta” on the problem of AIDS in Russia

• “Courier.co.il” on the problem of high mortality in Israel

• “Nezavisimaya gazeta” on ART and reproductive health in Russia

• “Nezavisimaya Gazeta” on the maternity capital and infertility

• “Medpuls” on new contraceptives

• “La Croix” on the adherence of Russians to a traditional family structure

• “Rossiyskaya Gazeta” on reforming Russia’s pension system

• “Vzglyad” and “Nezavisimaya Gazeta” on the retirement age

• “REGNUM” on proposals to introduce a visa exchange with countries of Central Asia

• “Nezavisimaya Gazeta” on deportation from Russia

• “Kommersant” on educating the children of migrants

• “EurasiaNet” on labor migration from Uzbekistan bypassing Russia

• “Delfi.It” on labor migration to Lithuania

• “Kommersant” on the true scale of immigration to the UK

• “Zonakz.net” on new rules for registering foreigners in Kazakhstan

• “Fakty” on new rules for registering citizens in Ukraine

• “RBK” on registration and residence rights

• “Izvestiya” on fictitious marriages with foreigners in Russia

• “Kommersant” on the opinion of Ban Ki-moon concerning refugees

• “Bloomberg” on the problem of refugees in the EU

• “Die Welt” on the economic benefits from refugees

• “Nezavisimaya Gazeta” on refugees and diseases

• “Il Giornale” on closing Kenya’s refugee camps

• “Lykkejegerne” on refugees in Africa and from Africa

• “Berlingske” on Arab slavery

• “Die Welt” on the problem of smuggling people across the Mediterranean

• “Publico.es” on organ trafficking in Syria

• “Kommersant-Vlast” on the Russian labor market

• “Novosti Belarusi” on the labor market in Belarus

• “Kommersant-Dengi” on the savings of Russians

• “Novaya Gazeta” on the consumer behavior of Russians

• “Biznes Online” and “Kommersant-Dengi” on Islamic banking

• “Dagens Nyheter” on free economic cities

• “Vlad Taim” on the 1985 anti-alcohol campaign

• “Chas” on the “American Famine”

• “Dagbladet” on future climate woes

• “Radio Svoboda” on the problem of the state of Jammu and Kashmir

Read books and magazines

• The demographic development of the Republic of Bashkortostan in a market economy

• Trends in contraceptive use worldwide. 2015

• History and Theory of Migration. Book one.

• World Health Statistics 2016: Monitoring health for the SDGS

• Health care and morbidity in Ukraine, 2014

• Through the pages of the journals “Narodonaseleniye” (“Population”) and “Obozrevatel” (“The Observer”)

• Contents of the journal “Gender and Development”

Demographic Digest

• Trends in life expectancy and lifespan variation by educational attainment: United States, 1990–2010

• A biosocial approach to living conditions: inter-generational changes of stature dimorphism in 20th-century Spain

• Sexual stature dimorphism as an indicator of living standards?

• Bonus: Stargazer of the 21^st century

Profession: researcher

• Questions of coding diseases using the ICD-10 at the conference "Non-communicable diseases and the health of the Russian population"

• "The demography of conflict: the dynamics of the reproductive behavior of Israeli Jews and Arabs". Scientific seminar of the Institute of Demography of HSE

• Young scientists on demographic problems. Meeting of the Demographic section of the Central House of Scientists of the RAS