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Joanna N. Erdman is an Associate Professor and the MacBain Chair in Health Law and Policy at the Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada. She is also a member of the school’s Health Justice Institute. Joanna has acted as an intervener before various constitutional courts and international bodies. Joanna chairs the Global Health Advisory Committee of the Public Health Program, and serves on the advisory board of the Women’s Rights Program, Open Society Foundations. She is a past chair of World Health Organization’s Department of Reproductive Health and Research Gender and Rights Advisory Panel.
She holds a JD from the University of Toronto and an LLM from Harvard Law School, and completed a fellowship at Yale Law School. Joanna’s research focuses on sexual and reproductive health law in a transnational context.
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Education/Academic qualification
LLM, Harvard Law School
BA, University of Toronto
JD, University of Toronto, Faculty of Law
Research Interests
- Health Law and Policy
- Reproductive Health Rights
- Women's Health
- Law and Sexuality
- Harm Reduction
Disciplines
- Law
- Health Law and Policy
- Law and Society
- Public Law and Legal Theory
- Law and Gender
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 5 Gender Equality -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
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Abortion At-Home and At-Law During a Pandemic
Erdman, J., Jan. 1 2023, Abortion At-Home and At-Law During a Pandemic.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Gender Equality in Health Care: Reenvisioning CEDAW General Recommendation 24
Erdman, J. & Prandini Assis, M., Jan. 1 2023, Gender Equality in Health Care: Reenvisioning CEDAW General Recommendation 24.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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The Reproductive Subject: The Reproductive Subject and the Embodied State of International Human Rights Law
Erdman, J., Jan. 1 2023, The Reproductive Subject: The Reproductive Subject and the Embodied State of International Human Rights Law.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Abortion Rights Beyond the Medico-Legal Paradigm
Erdman, J. & Prandini Assis, M., Jan. 1 2022, In: Global Public Health. 17, 10, p. 2235-2250Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Put Abortion Pills Into People's Hands
Erdman, J., Jan. 1 2022, Policy Options.Research output: Other contribution