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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.
Safeena Husain is the founder and CEO of Educate Girls, a nonprofit organization that works to improve girls' education in India. She is a Skoll Award winner, a TEDx speaker, and a Harvard Business School alumna.
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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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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, founder of Educate Girls, is the first Indian woman to receive the prestigious WISE Prize for Education for her work in girls' education in rural India. The prize is a recognition of her commitment to bridging the gender gap in education and a collective win for all stakeholders.
Safeena Husain is a social entrepreneur who founded Educate Girls in 2007 to address the gender gap in education in India. She has received several awards and recognition for her work, including the Skoll Award, the NDTV-L’Oréal Paris Women of Worth Award, and the Audacious Project.
Safeena Husain (BSc Economic History 1995) is the Founder and Board Member of Educate Girls, a non-profit organisation that bridges the gender gap in education in India. She shares her journey, challenges, achievements and vision for the future in this LSE profile.
