Mary C. Brinton was interviewed about women in the workforce and Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In survey.... Read more about Women in the Workforce

Between 1989 and 2009, six Latin American nations passed total abortion bans.  Women in these countries are now denied abortions under every circumstance, even when a pregnancy may put their lives at risk.  In El Salvador, the passage of a total abortion ban was additionally followed by a steep rise in the incarceration of women for the “aggravated homicide” of their “newborns,” often with 30-40 year prison sentences.  Pro-life proponents argue vociferously that these extreme incarcerations are appropriate punishments for women who birthed healthy, full term babies and then killed them to avoid their motherly duties.  Pro-choice proponents, in contrast, argue that these incarcerated women committed no crime, but rather suffered from poverty, limited medical support, and obstetrical emergencies.... Read more about Salvadoran Mothers Incarcerated for Stillbirths

Congratulations to Jocelyn Viterna whose book Women in War: The micro-processes of mobilization in El Salvador (Oxford University Press, 2013) is the winner of the Mirra Komarovksy Book Award for 2015.... Read more about Women in War receives Komarovksy Book Award

Why are so many young people in certain regions of the postindustrial world delaying marriage and children, or not moving forward at all on either front?  Southern European and East Asian countries now universally have birth rates that are far below what is required to naturally replace their populations. This is leading to rapid population aging and the specter of lowered economic productivity. To unravel the reasons behind historically unprecedented low birth rates, Mary Brinton (Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology) is leading a team of international collaborators in a five-country comparative study of gender equality and fertility.... Read more about Explaining Low Fertility in Postindustrial Societies

Alexandra Killewald and Margaret Gough have been awarded the 2014 Article of the Year Award by the ASA Sociology of the Family Section for their article,... Read more about Killewald and Gough receive ASA award