Safeena Husain is a

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er and founder of

Educate Girls Educate Girls is a non-profit organization in India, established in 2007, founded by Safeena Husain, that works towards girls' education in India's rural and educationally backward areas by mobilising communities.Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...

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. It focusses on mobilising communities for girls’ education in India’s rural and educationally backward areas. Under her leadership, Educate Girls’ launched world’s first

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in education which on its completion in 2018 surpassed both its target outcomes.

Recognition & Awards

In 2011, she was elected one of the Asia 21 Young Leaders by the Asia Society. She is a Rainer Arnhold Fellow and was featured as a speaker at a TEDxASB event on the subject of "Rejuvenating Government Schools in India for Girls' Education". She was also featured as a Times Now "Amazing Indian" * ET Prime Women Leadership Award 2019 * Winner NITI Aayog Women Transforming India Award 2017 * Winner NDTV-L’Oréal Paris Women of Worth Award 2016 * Winner 2015 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship - April 2015 * Winner of The WISE Award - September 2014 * Rainer Arnhold Fellow - September 2013Rainer Arnhold Official Website: The Fellows
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Husain, Safeena Indian women educational theorists Living people Social workers from Delhi Women educators from Delhi Educators from Delhi 1971 births