The New Wave of SRH Indicators: Where Do Fertility Goals Fit In?

There has been a recent surge of efforts to develop new indicators of sexual and reproductive health, indicators intended to supplant the constructs “unmet need for contraception” and “demand satisfied” that have served as featured indicators during the past two decades. The proposed indicators reflect an effort to achieve a more woman-centered approach to both SRH science and policy. Fertility goals were essential ingredients of the past indicators. Where do they fit in now? Have they been sidelined (deliberately or unintentionally)? If so, is this defensible and desirable, from both a scientific and policy perspective? The aim of this webinar is to have an energetic exchange about these (and related) questions.

Presenters
John Casterline, Institute for Population Research, The Ohio State University
Nurudeen Alhassan, AFIDEP, Lilongwe, Malawi
Jamaica Corker, External Research Affiliate, Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology, University of Washington
Leigh Senderowicz, Department of Gender & Women’s Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison

More information is available on the Ohio Population Consortium website.