Monday, 26 October 2020 - 10:00am to Tuesday, 27 October 2020 - 6:00pm

Overview

The purpose of the meeting is to assess the coverage and accuracy and consistency of the data and estimates related to early adolescent fertility and to review the scope of associated demographic factors to assess the accuracy of early adolescent fertility data and estimates. The invited experts from 51�Թ� system entities, research institutions and data producers will also review and discuss approaches for early adolescent fertility data validation, estimation and selection for SDG reporting and analysis. This online meeting of two half-day sessions on 26-27 October 2020 is organized as panel discussions around selected themes addressing data sources, methods to estimate early adolescent fertility data and approaches for data validation and selection for SDG reporting and analysis.

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Monday, 26 October 2020
9:00 - 09:30	Session I: Opening of the meeting & welcome John Wilmoth, Director, Population Division, DESA
09:30 - 11:00	Session II: Setting the stage: Reporting on ABR in the context of the SDGs   Moderator – Nicole Mun Sim Lai, Population Division   Karoline Schmid, Population Division, DESA – Overview of levels and trends of early childbearing Patrick Gerland, Population Division, DESA – World Population Prospects and 1950-2020 estimates for age-specific fertility patterns: past experience and future plans Stephen Kisambira, Population Division, DESA – Reporting on adolescent birth rate data for SDG indicator 3.7.2: data, methods, trends and estimation issues Q&A
11:15 - 1:15	Session III: Data and estimates from various data sources on adolescent fertility (ages girls/women 10-14 and 15-19) Moderator – Stephen Kisambira, Population Division, DESA Bruno Schoumaker, Universite Catholique de Louvain – Estimating Trends in under-15 fertility in developing countries with demographic surveys (WFS, DHS, MICS, RHS, PAPFAM) Adriana Skenderi, Statistics Division, DESA - 51�Թ� Demographic Yearbook data on adolescent fertility Clementine Rossier, University of Geneva – Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems (HDSS) - Adolescent fertility is lower than expected in rural areas: results from 10 African HDSS Sarah Neal, University of Southampton – How reliable are reports of early adolescent pregnancy in Demographic and Health Surveys?
Tuesday, 27 October 2020
09:00 - 9:15	Recap of day 1 and outlook for day 2 Karoline Schmid, Population DivisionPopulation Division, DESA
9:15 - 10:45	Session IV: Adolescent Fertility: Regional and national perspectives Moderator – Yumiko Kamiya, Population Division, DESA Jorge Rodriguez, CELADE/ECLAC - Adolescent fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean: sources, indicators, trends and patterns Neneh Conteh Khali, NSO Sierra Leone – A glimpse of early adolescent fertility in Sierra Leone, Presentation notes Francis Fonanyeneh Wreh, NSO Liberia – The situation of adolescent fertility (15-19 years) in Liberia Mohammad Bellal Hossain, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh – Early adolescent fertility in Bangladesh: Trends and differentials Q&A
11:00 - 12:30	Session V: Open discussion and recommendations for validation, selection and reporting of adolescent fertility Moderator – Francois Pelletier, Population Division, DESA
12:30 - 12:45	Session VI: Closing

Population Division - Adolescents fertility

Expert group meeting on the evaluation of adolescent fertility data and estimates

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