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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.
TED Speaker. Personal profile. 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.
Safeena Husain is the founder and CEO of Educate Girls, a nonprofit organization that works to improve girls' education in India. She has received several awards and honors for her social entrepreneurship and leadership, and is a Harvard Business School alumna.
Safeena Husain is the founder and board member of Educate Girls, a non-profit that empowers communities for girls’ education in rural India. She has received several awards and honours, including an honorary doctorate from LSE and the WISE Prize for her contributions to girls' education.
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...
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.
"Girls' education is the closest thing we have to a silver bullet to help solve some of the world's most difficult problems," says social entrepreneur Safeena Husain. 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 ...
