Subha Shanmugavel
Subha Shanmugavel
Age: 29
Home Town: Laurel, Maryland
Education: MPH
Specific Field Interests: Health Policy and Management
Placement: Shaishav, Bhavnagar, Gujarat
Area of Focus: Education
Highlights: A recent Emory University graduate interested in child welfare and poverty alleviation, Subha would like to eventually work for an NGO. By serving with Shaishav as an AIF Clinton Fellow, she hopes learn more about their world class philosophy for children's empowerment. Prior to joining AIF, Subha interned at the American Association for People with Disabilities in Washington, D.C., and the Global Village Project in Atlanta, Georgia, as a development and policy intern.
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Posts by subhashanmugavel
Child Labor and Occupational Disabilities
Thinking about disability and health outcomes among child laborers really hit me when I started […]
Feminism in India: Part 2
Feminism… I have always thought it was a catch-all phrase for everything about a woman’s […]
The Power of Collective Thinking
My last post was about child participatory methods. For this post, I would like to […]
Feminism in India: Part 1
The last time I visited India was in December 2012 during my college winter break. […]
Child Participatory Methods: A New Standard for the HBR Approach
In 1992, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) was ratified […]
Body Image: More than A Mirror
Co-fellow Akiera Gilbert’s reflection about the role of boys in Indian society spurred my thinking […]
Cows, Plastic, and Upset Stomachs
There are different theories about why cows line the streets of Bhavnagar. Some say the […]
The Perfect Mix
It’s 9:30am and a Shaishav staff member is flying down the streets of the Kumbarwada […]
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