Safeena Husain

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Safeena Husain is a social entrepreneur and education advocate. She is the founder of Educate Girls, a non-profit organisation that works to improve educational access and learning outcomes for girls in some of India's most educationally underserved regions through community mobilisation, volunteer engagement, and partnerships with government systems. Safeena has gained international recognition for advancing community-led approaches to girls' education and for pioneering innovative financing models in the social sector. In 2026, she was named to the TIME Women of the Year list, which recognises influential leaders driving change across the world. In 2025, she led Educate Girls to become the first Indian non-profit organisation to receive the Ramon Magsaysay Award, making Educate Girls the first Indian organisation to receive the honour. In 2024, she was awarded an honorary doctorate by the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), and in 2023 became the first Indian woman...

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