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Safeena Husain is a social worker and founder of Educate Girls – a non-profit organisation that is headquartered in Mumbai, India. It focusses on mobilising communities for girls’ education in India’s rural and educationally backward areas.
A social impact leader, Safeena Husain is the Founder and Board Member of Educate Girls, an Indian non-profit working towards empowering communities for girls’ education in some of India’s hardest-to-reach villages. Most recently, in recognition of her ongoing work, Safeena received an honorary doctorate
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Safeena Husain, the driving force behind Educate Girls, has been honoured with the prestigious WISE Prize for Education 2023 at the WISE 11 Summit (World Innovation Summit for Education) in Qatar, making her the first Indian woman to win the Prize for contributing to girls’ education in rural India.
Mar 29, 2024 · After almost being forced to drop out of school, Safeena Husain became the first woman to win the prestigious WISE Award in 2023, for sending girls back to study. By Anubhuti Matta, Forbes...
Safeena Husain (BSc Economic History 1995) is the Founder and Board Member at Educate Girls – a non-profit organisation that aims to bridge the gender gap in education in India. After graduating from LSE, she spent 15 years working with grassroots projects in Ecuador, Mexico, Bolivia, South Africa and Asia.
Mar 2, 2024 · S afeena Husain grew up in adverse circumstances. “Poverty, violence, abuse... my family circumstances were difficult,” says the first Indian woman recipient of the WISE Prize for Education. At...
In a visionary talk, she shares her plan to enroll a staggering 1.6 million girls in school over the next five years -- combining advanced analytics with door-to-door community engagement to create new educational pathways for girls in India.
Nov 28, 2023 · Safeena Husain (in green), founder of the NGO Educate Girls, is the first Indian woman to win the WISE Award for Education 2023 as an advocate for girls' education in India.
Safeena Husain has worked extensively with rural and urban underserved communities in South America, Africa and Asia. After returning to India, she chose the agenda closest to her heart -- girls' education -- and founded Educate Girls.
