Leigh Senderowicz
@lsenderowicz.bsky.social
Public health & feminist demography | Reproductive coercion and autonomy | What we measure & why | Assistant Professor @ UW Madison | She/her | Views my own
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Thirty years of ‘strange bedmates’: The ICPD and the nexus of population control, feminism, and family planning
Widely credited with ending population control and ushering in a new era of reproductive rights, the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action also incl...
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A paper I've been working on for quite literally 10 years just came out
It's a shitty time, for sure, but this paper is still cool and good, and I still want to you tell you all about it
So gather 'round, folks, and hear the story of the 10 year paper!
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www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
It's a shitty time, for sure, but this paper is still cool and good, and I still want to you tell you all about it
So gather 'round, folks, and hear the story of the 10 year paper!
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www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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📔New #publication in Contraception and Reproductive Medicine from CDE affiliate @lsenderowicz.bsky.social suggests that many women in Kisumu report experiencing some form of provider-imposed contraceptive coercion
➡️Read more here:
doi.org/10.1186/s408...
➡️Read more here:
doi.org/10.1186/s408...
doi.org
November 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
📔New #publication in Contraception and Reproductive Medicine from CDE affiliate @lsenderowicz.bsky.social suggests that many women in Kisumu report experiencing some form of provider-imposed contraceptive coercion
➡️Read more here:
doi.org/10.1186/s408...
➡️Read more here:
doi.org/10.1186/s408...
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👏New #publication in American Journal of Public Health from CDE affiliates Jenny Higgins and @lsenderowicz.bsky.social
➡️“A Measure Aligned With Reproductive Justice, Human Rights, and Sexual Well-Being…? Yes Please, and Here’s Why”
doi.org/10.2105/AJPH...
➡️“A Measure Aligned With Reproductive Justice, Human Rights, and Sexual Well-Being…? Yes Please, and Here’s Why”
doi.org/10.2105/AJPH...
A Measure Aligned With Reproductive Justice, Human Rights, and Sexual Well-Being…? Yes Please, and Here’s Why | AJPH | Vol. 115 Issue 9
American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) from the American Public Health Association (APHA)
doi.org
October 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
👏New #publication in American Journal of Public Health from CDE affiliates Jenny Higgins and @lsenderowicz.bsky.social
➡️“A Measure Aligned With Reproductive Justice, Human Rights, and Sexual Well-Being…? Yes Please, and Here’s Why”
doi.org/10.2105/AJPH...
➡️“A Measure Aligned With Reproductive Justice, Human Rights, and Sexual Well-Being…? Yes Please, and Here’s Why”
doi.org/10.2105/AJPH...
WE'RE HIRING!
The Gender & Women's Studies Dept at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is hiring a TT professor of GENDER AND AGING
I'm on the search committee and happy to answer questions
Please share widely!
The Gender & Women's Studies Dept at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is hiring a TT professor of GENDER AND AGING
I'm on the search committee and happy to answer questions
Please share widely!
Assistant/Associate Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies (RISE - THRIVE) - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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October 14, 2025 at 8:10 PM
WE'RE HIRING!
The Gender & Women's Studies Dept at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is hiring a TT professor of GENDER AND AGING
I'm on the search committee and happy to answer questions
Please share widely!
The Gender & Women's Studies Dept at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is hiring a TT professor of GENDER AND AGING
I'm on the search committee and happy to answer questions
Please share widely!
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📢 An @amjpublichealth.bsky.social editorial from CORE scholars Jenny Higgins, @lsenderowicz.bsky.social and Diana Carvajal celebrates how a new measure of sexual and reproductive wellbeing from Christine Dehlendorf and team could improve equity and science. ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/...
A Measure Aligned With Reproductive Justice, Human Rights, and Sexual Well-Being…? Yes Please, and Here’s Why | AJPH | Vol. 115 Issue 9
American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) from the American Public Health Association (APHA)
ajph.aphapublications.org
September 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
📢 An @amjpublichealth.bsky.social editorial from CORE scholars Jenny Higgins, @lsenderowicz.bsky.social and Diana Carvajal celebrates how a new measure of sexual and reproductive wellbeing from Christine Dehlendorf and team could improve equity and science. ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/...
So excited that the #PAA2026 call includes a dedicated session on:
**Heterodox, Feminist, and Critical Perspectives on Demography**
Get your submissions ready for session 917 and please share widely!!
**Heterodox, Feminist, and Critical Perspectives on Demography**
Get your submissions ready for session 917 and please share widely!!
We are excited to announce the #PAA2026 Call for Papers is now available! The submission site opens on Monday, Aug. 18 and the deadline is Sunday, Oct. 5. Meet me in St. Louis! May 6-9, 2026:
www.populationassociation.org/paa2026/call...
www.populationassociation.org/paa2026/call...
August 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
So excited that the #PAA2026 call includes a dedicated session on:
**Heterodox, Feminist, and Critical Perspectives on Demography**
Get your submissions ready for session 917 and please share widely!!
**Heterodox, Feminist, and Critical Perspectives on Demography**
Get your submissions ready for session 917 and please share widely!!
CALLING ALL DEMOGRAPHERS/POPULATION SCIENTISTS
I am thrilled to share that the #PAA2026 call for papers is now out and includes a dedicated session on:
**Heterodox, Feminist, and Critical Perspectives on Demography**
It's session 917 so get your submissions ready and share widely!!
I am thrilled to share that the #PAA2026 call for papers is now out and includes a dedicated session on:
**Heterodox, Feminist, and Critical Perspectives on Demography**
It's session 917 so get your submissions ready and share widely!!
Call for Papers - PAA 2026 Annual Meeting
www.populationassociation.org
August 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM
CALLING ALL DEMOGRAPHERS/POPULATION SCIENTISTS
I am thrilled to share that the #PAA2026 call for papers is now out and includes a dedicated session on:
**Heterodox, Feminist, and Critical Perspectives on Demography**
It's session 917 so get your submissions ready and share widely!!
I am thrilled to share that the #PAA2026 call for papers is now out and includes a dedicated session on:
**Heterodox, Feminist, and Critical Perspectives on Demography**
It's session 917 so get your submissions ready and share widely!!
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In the introduction to the Special Issue on Global Reproductive Justice @rishie.bsky.social, @lsenderowicz.bsky.social & Wendy Sigle outline how the RJ framework was developed and how it extends how reproductive rights are approached by feminist scholars and activists.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/3mxp4a78
🔗https://tinyurl.com/3mxp4a78
Global Reproductive Justice: A New Agenda for Feminist Economics?
This special issue focuses on reproductive justice (RJ) as a framework for feminist research and activism. The introduction provides an overview of when and why the RJ framework was developed, outl...
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July 16, 2025 at 11:21 PM
In the introduction to the Special Issue on Global Reproductive Justice @rishie.bsky.social, @lsenderowicz.bsky.social & Wendy Sigle outline how the RJ framework was developed and how it extends how reproductive rights are approached by feminist scholars and activists.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/3mxp4a78
🔗https://tinyurl.com/3mxp4a78
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📢Now in Feminist Economics: "A Special Issue on Global Reproductive Justice and Feminist Economics" edited by @rishie.bsky.social, @lsenderowicz.bsky.social & Wendy Sigle.
🔗https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rfec20/31/1
🎥Fireside Chat: tinyurl.com/zm7mrk9u
We'll feature key articles over the next weeks
🔗https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rfec20/31/1
🎥Fireside Chat: tinyurl.com/zm7mrk9u
We'll feature key articles over the next weeks
Feminist Economics
A Special Issue on Global Reproductive Justice and Feminist Economics. Volume 31, Issue 1 of Feminist Economics
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July 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
📢Now in Feminist Economics: "A Special Issue on Global Reproductive Justice and Feminist Economics" edited by @rishie.bsky.social, @lsenderowicz.bsky.social & Wendy Sigle.
🔗https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rfec20/31/1
🎥Fireside Chat: tinyurl.com/zm7mrk9u
We'll feature key articles over the next weeks
🔗https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rfec20/31/1
🎥Fireside Chat: tinyurl.com/zm7mrk9u
We'll feature key articles over the next weeks
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Journalists often ask for my thoughts on the contemporary US pronatalist movement. My assessment is based on my expertise and training as a social demographer, and my own research on childbearing behaviors at the individual and aggregate levels.
Strap in, b/c I've got a lot to say. 1/
Strap in, b/c I've got a lot to say. 1/
a woman says let 's get into it with a pinkvilla logo in the background
ALT: a woman says let 's get into it with a pinkvilla logo in the background
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July 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Journalists often ask for my thoughts on the contemporary US pronatalist movement. My assessment is based on my expertise and training as a social demographer, and my own research on childbearing behaviors at the individual and aggregate levels.
Strap in, b/c I've got a lot to say. 1/
Strap in, b/c I've got a lot to say. 1/
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I subscribe to the @newyorker.com, I was part of ACT UP, I knew Larry Kramer well and know Tony Fauci too. Daniel Immerwahr's piece on RFKJr, features this and other passages that need a reponse. 1/
May 26, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I subscribe to the @newyorker.com, I was part of ACT UP, I knew Larry Kramer well and know Tony Fauci too. Daniel Immerwahr's piece on RFKJr, features this and other passages that need a reponse. 1/
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I remain sceptical of abortion decrim through carceral frameworks that expand police powers, particularly when we see increasing police guidance (governance!) on abortion.
I don’t see how we achieve reproductive freedom by tying ourselves to these logics. These, to me, aren’t wise compromises.
I don’t see how we achieve reproductive freedom by tying ourselves to these logics. These, to me, aren’t wise compromises.
May 18, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I remain sceptical of abortion decrim through carceral frameworks that expand police powers, particularly when we see increasing police guidance (governance!) on abortion.
I don’t see how we achieve reproductive freedom by tying ourselves to these logics. These, to me, aren’t wise compromises.
I don’t see how we achieve reproductive freedom by tying ourselves to these logics. These, to me, aren’t wise compromises.
Making graduate school harder to access is part of a very deliberate strategy to raise the “married birth rate”
The idea is that making higher ed scarcer will prevent women from wasting prime fertile years on education and other useless pursuits
Nightmare fuel: www.heritage.org/education/re...
The idea is that making higher ed scarcer will prevent women from wasting prime fertile years on education and other useless pursuits
Nightmare fuel: www.heritage.org/education/re...
May 22, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Making graduate school harder to access is part of a very deliberate strategy to raise the “married birth rate”
The idea is that making higher ed scarcer will prevent women from wasting prime fertile years on education and other useless pursuits
Nightmare fuel: www.heritage.org/education/re...
The idea is that making higher ed scarcer will prevent women from wasting prime fertile years on education and other useless pursuits
Nightmare fuel: www.heritage.org/education/re...
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1/ Is population collapsing?
It felt like time to process some of my #demography feelings about recent #population panic.
While demographers don't endorse generational labels (ahem @philipncohen.com),for this GenXer there will always be Princess Bride memes.
open.substack.com/pub/jenndowd...?
It felt like time to process some of my #demography feelings about recent #population panic.
While demographers don't endorse generational labels (ahem @philipncohen.com),for this GenXer there will always be Princess Bride memes.
open.substack.com/pub/jenndowd...?
May 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
1/ Is population collapsing?
It felt like time to process some of my #demography feelings about recent #population panic.
While demographers don't endorse generational labels (ahem @philipncohen.com),for this GenXer there will always be Princess Bride memes.
open.substack.com/pub/jenndowd...?
It felt like time to process some of my #demography feelings about recent #population panic.
While demographers don't endorse generational labels (ahem @philipncohen.com),for this GenXer there will always be Princess Bride memes.
open.substack.com/pub/jenndowd...?
Growing up means realizing that Kevin, not Nick or Brian, is actually the best Backstreet Boy
May 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Growing up means realizing that Kevin, not Nick or Brian, is actually the best Backstreet Boy
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🌍New #publication in BMJ Journals from CDE affiliate Leigh Senderowicz & colleagues
➡️ “Measuring misaligned contraceptive use among reproductive-aged women in Kisumu, Kenya: a cross-sectional, population-based study”
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
➡️ “Measuring misaligned contraceptive use among reproductive-aged women in Kisumu, Kenya: a cross-sectional, population-based study”
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Measuring misaligned contraceptive use among reproductive-aged women in Kisumu, Kenya: a cross-sectional, population-based study
Global family planning scholars have critiqued traditional measures of programmatic success and called for new, person-centred measures that consider people’s preferences. We propose a new measure tha...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
May 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
🌍New #publication in BMJ Journals from CDE affiliate Leigh Senderowicz & colleagues
➡️ “Measuring misaligned contraceptive use among reproductive-aged women in Kisumu, Kenya: a cross-sectional, population-based study”
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
➡️ “Measuring misaligned contraceptive use among reproductive-aged women in Kisumu, Kenya: a cross-sectional, population-based study”
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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Here's the link to listen: www.npr.org/2025/04/30/n...
April 30, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Here's the link to listen: www.npr.org/2025/04/30/n...
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Is RFK going to somehow negatively polarize me into becoming a fan of big pharma
April 19, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Is RFK going to somehow negatively polarize me into becoming a fan of big pharma
We couldn't have known when we started this paper that the data source it relies on would be obliterated by the time it came out
I think this paper showcases what the DHS does best -- understanding big trends across time and space
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I think this paper showcases what the DHS does best -- understanding big trends across time and space
1/4
April 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
We couldn't have known when we started this paper that the data source it relies on would be obliterated by the time it came out
I think this paper showcases what the DHS does best -- understanding big trends across time and space
1/4
I think this paper showcases what the DHS does best -- understanding big trends across time and space
1/4
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In “Contraceptive Use & Discontinuation,” C. Busse, K. Tumlinson & @lsenderowicz.bsky.social describe how “adolescent women have distinct contraceptive dynamics, method mix & reasons for discontinuation." @uncpopcenter.bsky.social @uncpublichealth.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
April 3, 2025 at 1:57 PM
In “Contraceptive Use & Discontinuation,” C. Busse, K. Tumlinson & @lsenderowicz.bsky.social describe how “adolescent women have distinct contraceptive dynamics, method mix & reasons for discontinuation." @uncpopcenter.bsky.social @uncpublichealth.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
I will be in conversation with two very brilliant minds about the ways that feminist economics (and positivist research frameworks, more generally) can engage with the Reproductive Justice framework.
Please join us!!
Please join us!!
Wendy Sigle, @lsenderowicz.bsky.social & I will be in conversation with Mary Borrowman (CGD) about the Si, and why we think this is a critical moment for engaging with these questions of FE & RJ.
Date: 1st April 2025, 1500-1615 (UK) Spanish interpretation available. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Date: 1st April 2025, 1500-1615 (UK) Spanish interpretation available. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
March 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I will be in conversation with two very brilliant minds about the ways that feminist economics (and positivist research frameworks, more generally) can engage with the Reproductive Justice framework.
Please join us!!
Please join us!!
Reposted by Leigh Senderowicz
Wendy Sigle, @lsenderowicz.bsky.social & I will be in conversation with Mary Borrowman (CGD) about the Si, and why we think this is a critical moment for engaging with these questions of FE & RJ.
Date: 1st April 2025, 1500-1615 (UK) Spanish interpretation available. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Date: 1st April 2025, 1500-1615 (UK) Spanish interpretation available. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
March 26, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Wendy Sigle, @lsenderowicz.bsky.social & I will be in conversation with Mary Borrowman (CGD) about the Si, and why we think this is a critical moment for engaging with these questions of FE & RJ.
Date: 1st April 2025, 1500-1615 (UK) Spanish interpretation available. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Date: 1st April 2025, 1500-1615 (UK) Spanish interpretation available. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Special Issue on "Global Reproductive Justice and Feminist Economics" is IN PRESS!
I learnt so much (as a non-economist, as a scholar) from our incredible contributors & from my enormously talented co-guest editors @lsenderowicz.bsky.social & Prof Sigle (LSE).
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I learnt so much (as a non-economist, as a scholar) from our incredible contributors & from my enormously talented co-guest editors @lsenderowicz.bsky.social & Prof Sigle (LSE).
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March 26, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Special Issue on "Global Reproductive Justice and Feminist Economics" is IN PRESS!
I learnt so much (as a non-economist, as a scholar) from our incredible contributors & from my enormously talented co-guest editors @lsenderowicz.bsky.social & Prof Sigle (LSE).
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I learnt so much (as a non-economist, as a scholar) from our incredible contributors & from my enormously talented co-guest editors @lsenderowicz.bsky.social & Prof Sigle (LSE).
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The idea seems to be that if you just keep pointing out the hypocrisy, eventually it’ll do something?
A major part of the Democrat / liberal faith that at some point a neutral third party will finally adjudicate disputes and award points/victory to them on the basis of moral/ethical/scientific Correctness. That is not reality.
The arc of justice is a social not (meta-)physical property.
The arc of justice is a social not (meta-)physical property.
March 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
The idea seems to be that if you just keep pointing out the hypocrisy, eventually it’ll do something?
We have a new special issue focusing on global reproductive justice
We want to use this issue to challenge feminist economists & other scholars to engage seriously with the possibilities and rigors of the RJ framework
I wish the topic weren’t quite so timely…
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
We want to use this issue to challenge feminist economists & other scholars to engage seriously with the possibilities and rigors of the RJ framework
I wish the topic weren’t quite so timely…
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
March 18, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We have a new special issue focusing on global reproductive justice
We want to use this issue to challenge feminist economists & other scholars to engage seriously with the possibilities and rigors of the RJ framework
I wish the topic weren’t quite so timely…
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
We want to use this issue to challenge feminist economists & other scholars to engage seriously with the possibilities and rigors of the RJ framework
I wish the topic weren’t quite so timely…
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Scientists need to realize this list will grow. It used to be abortion and climate change. Staying quiet won’t keep your area off lists like this.
The National Cancer Institute (part of NIH) released new guidelines for "controversial, high-profile or sensitive" keywords that require "review prior to publication" if included in a product or materials.
Keywords include abortion, obesity, and peanut allergies.
Keywords include abortion, obesity, and peanut allergies.
March 7, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Scientists need to realize this list will grow. It used to be abortion and climate change. Staying quiet won’t keep your area off lists like this.