1. Searching the Nexus between Women Empowerment and Female Genital Cutting/Mutilation • Patrizia Farina , University Milan Bicocca; Livia Elisa Ortensi, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna; Thomas Pettinato, University of Milan Bicocca; Mawa Mohamed, PhD Student; Enrico Ripamonti, Karolinska Institutet.

2. Dementia Mortality, Economic Insecurity, and Social Welfare Spending (1979-2014) • Jo Mhairi Hale , University of St Andrews.

3. Pre- and Pro-Crises Financing and Inequalities in Mortality Amenable to Health Care between Small Areas of Hungary: The Last 12 Years • Katalin Kovács , Hungarian Demographic Research Institute; Lajos Bálint, Hungarian Central Statistical Office (HCSO).

4. Estimating the Effect of the Comprehensive Smoke-Free Legislation on Neonatal and Infant Mortality in Middle-Income Countries Using a Synthetic Control Method • Márta K. Radó , Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam; Frank Van Lenthe, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam; Aziz Sheikh, The University of Edinburgh; Jasper V. Been, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam.