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Leigh Senderowicz @lsenderowicz.bsky.social · Feb 4

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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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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UW Collaborative for Reproductive Equity (CORE) @wisccore.bsky.social · Sep 3

📢 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)

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Leigh Senderowicz @lsenderowicz.bsky.social · Aug 12

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!!

Population Association of America @popassocamerica.bsky.social · Aug 12

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...

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Leigh Senderowicz @lsenderowicz.bsky.social · Aug 12

And please note that while the session is listed under the fertility/SRH track, submissions to this session are welcome from all corners of the population sciences

Leigh Senderowicz @lsenderowicz.bsky.social · Aug 12

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!!

Call for Papers - PAA 2026 Annual Meeting

www.populationassociation.org

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Feminist Economics @feministeconomics.bsky.social · Jul 16

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

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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Feminist Economics @feministeconomics.bsky.social · Jul 14

📢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

Feminist Economics

A Special Issue on Global Reproductive Justice and Feminist Economics. Volume 31, Issue 1 of Feminist Economics

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Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · Jul 2

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/

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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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · May 26

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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Rishita "Department of Error" Nandagiri @rishie.bsky.social · May 18

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.

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Leigh Senderowicz @lsenderowicz.bsky.social · May 22

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...

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Jenn Dowd @drjenndowd.bsky.social · May 21

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...?

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Leigh Senderowicz @lsenderowicz.bsky.social · May 13

I was part of a friend group of four girls in high school. Three of us have no kids and one of us has 8. Voila!

Leigh Senderowicz @lsenderowicz.bsky.social · May 10

Growing up means realizing that Kevin, not Nick or Brian, is actually the best Backstreet Boy

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UW-Madison CDE @cdeuw.bsky.social · May 8

🌍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”

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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...

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Leigh Senderowicz @lsenderowicz.bsky.social · Apr 30

Also, yay -- a literal expert!

Leigh Senderowicz @lsenderowicz.bsky.social · Apr 30

Can't wait to listen to this!

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Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · Apr 30

Here's the link to listen: www.npr.org/2025/04/30/n...

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Elizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social · Apr 19

Is RFK going to somehow negatively polarize me into becoming a fan of big pharma

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Leigh Senderowicz @lsenderowicz.bsky.social · Apr 4

Unless Elon’s type of interventionist eugenics wins out over Vance’s?

Leigh Senderowicz @lsenderowicz.bsky.social · Apr 3

So please consider this our ode to the DHS, which was, to paraphrase Churchill, the absolute worst source of data -- except for all the others

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Leigh Senderowicz @lsenderowicz.bsky.social · Apr 3

A particular joy for me was moving beyond the tired label of "while in need" for people discontinuing contraception, and instead applying a reproductive autonomy framework to understand why people might want to start and stop different methods across the reproductive life course.

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Leigh Senderowicz @lsenderowicz.bsky.social · Apr 3

In this analysis, we look at contraceptive use dynamics across 55 countries using DHS data.

We pay special attention to young people and the way that their contraceptive use patterns differ from those of older women.

Use, discontinuation, and method mix all really differ!

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Leigh Senderowicz @lsenderowicz.bsky.social · Apr 3

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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Demography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · Apr 3

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...

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Leigh Senderowicz @lsenderowicz.bsky.social · Apr 1

Isn’t it something??

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