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Population Council Webinar: Gender Equity in Digital Health Investments for Adolescent Girls and Young Women (03/09/26)

Inclusive by Design: Gender equity in digital health investments for adolescent girls and young women
Monday, 9 Mar ǀ 10:00–11:00 am EDT For the upcoming International Women’s Day, we’re asking a critical question: Who is digital health really designed and financed for?

Digital health is transforming health systems. But without gender-intentional design and investment, it risks reinforcing existing inequities. Adolescent girls and young women continue to face barriers related to access, affordability, safety, digital literacy and trust.

Join vTransform Health, African Women in Digital Health (AWiDH), the Population Council’s GIRL Center, and health.enabled for a dynamic conversation on how resources can be better allocated to ensure investments will drive a more equitable, inclusive, and sustainable transformation of health systems, particularly for women and girls.

CFPR Seminar Series: Trade-offs between Income, Time and Childbearing (03/12/26)

We field a seven-country survey of respondents aged 20–49 to examine how adults value income and time trade-offs when deciding whether to have a child. Respondents evaluate profiles with hypothetical couples considering either a first or a second birth, forcing trade-offs across domains. We examine whether the size of the motherhood penalty affects childbearing preferences, whether income is more salient for first versus second births, and how these effects vary by women’s age. Results should illuminate which factors most strongly shape childbearing decisions and inform policymakers about designing income transfers and regulating time constraints.
Alicia Adserà is a Senior Research Scholar and Lecturer in Economics at the Princeton School of Public and International and faculty associate at the Office of Population Research (Princeton University). Her research interests are in economic demography, development, and international political economy. Her work focuses on the interplay between labor markets and fertility and on an array of migration topics. Two current projects involve multi-country data collection to analyze fertility preferences and choices, as well as the relative importance of different dimensions of successful aging. Before joining Princeton, she was an Associate Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and a Research Affiliate at the University of Chicago’s Population Research Center. She holds a PhD in Economics from Boston University.