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Meredeth Turshen
2011 Fulbright Chair in Human Rights and Social Justice




Biography

Prof. Meredeth Turshen from the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University joined the HRREC for a period of 4 months. Prof. Turshen’s research interests include international health, particularly African women’s health, with a focus on public health policy. A second interest is the impact of war on women. Her research while at the University of Ottawa was on the role of women in war economies; Prof. Turshen examined the cases of Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. More details