Suhani Jalota

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Suhani Jalota

  • PhD Student Alumni, Health Policy

Biography

Suhani Jalota is a PhD Candidate in Health Economics at Stanford University and holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB.) Her areas of interest are development and labor economics, with a particular focus on gender in poor households. She uses field experiments to study the interplay between women's economic power, dignity, and health — as well as the role of technology in amplifying their agency. 

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An 8-Point Plan to Tackle COVID-19 Among Women in Mumbai Slums

“We’ve never been closer to each other or to those we serve," says Health Policy PhD candidate Suhani Jalota, founder of the Myna Mahila Foundation, a Mumbai-based women’s health and employment nonprofit. Its mission is to create the next generation of women leaders in urban slum communities — but COVID-19 isn't making it easy.
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