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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.
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Safeena Husain was born on Friday, 21 January 1971 (age 51 years; as of 2022) in Delhi, India. She completed her schooling at Delhi Public School, R. K. Puram in New Delhi. In 1995, she earned her Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Economics History degree from The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). LinkedIn In 2012, Safeena Husain c...
Parents
Her father’s name is Yusuf Bakshish Husain. He was an actor and a historian by profession.
Husband & Children
Safeena Husain got married to the famous film director, Hansal Mehta, on 22 May 2022 at Taj Campton Place, San Francisco, California. Safeena Husain has two daughters. The elder daughter’s name is Kimaya. Rihanna is the younger daughter.
Working in the United States
Safeena Husain stayed in London for five long years. After completing her graduation from The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in 1995, Safeena moved to San Francisco (Bay Area), where her degree in Economics helped her get a job in the Silicon Valley. Initially, she started to work for an Internet-based startup, which wanted to build a 3D web browser. However; after working there for nine months, the startup was closed and Safeena lost her job. Safeena, from the beginni...
Coming back to India
In 2007, after working for Child Family Health International, Safeena Husain decided to quit her job and head back to India, to start her organisation. Safeena, while working with CFHI realised the impact such organisations have on reducing the gender gap. When asked about the reasons for founding Educate Girls, Safeena, in an interview, stated, During the initial phase of establishing Educate Girls; Safeena had to struggle a lot. During an interview, Safeena said, In 2007, Safeena started he...
Recognition of her social work
Safeena Husain quickly came into the limelight for her work. In 2019, Safeena Husain delivered a speech about her journey, life experiences and future vision. The speech captivated the audience. Her speech’s video, uploaded by TEDx, has gathered more than 1.7 million views. Later, in the same year, Safeena Husain was invited to the talk show called Ted Talks India: Nayi Soch. The talk show was hosted by Shah Rukh Khanand the show was aired on Star Plus. In 2021, Educate Girls signed a Memoran...
In 2019, Safeena Husain was awarded the Beyond Business Award by Economic Times.Safeena Husain with ET Prime Women Leadership Award
Safeena Husain refers to the girl volunteers working in Educate Girls as Balika Volunteers.A Balika Volunteer from Educate Girls
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
Mar 29, 2024 · How Safeena Husain has ensured over a million girls stay in school. After almost being forced to drop out of school, Safeena Husain became the first woman to win the prestigious WISE Award in...
Safeena Husain Founder and Board Member Educate Girls 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. In 2023, Safeena became a WISE Prize
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.
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...
