Archive · 22 Sep 2025
Educate Girls Awarded, Aims to Transform Mindsets
Educate Girls, led by Safeena Husain, won the Ramon Magsaysay Award for helping girls in India get an education.
They work in rural areas to help girls go to school and teach families why it's important.
They've helped over two million girls, and now want to change how families think about girls' education.
The organization is working hard to ensure that girls are able to dream big.
Safeena says that it's important to keep working so girls can have better futures.
Educate Girls received the 2025 Ramon Magsaysay Award.
The organization focuses on girls' education in rural India.
Safeena Husain emphasizes the importance of changing mindsets.
Educate Girls has enrolled over two million out-of-school girls.
The organization aims to impact 10 million learners in the coming decade.
- Who
- Safeena Husain and Educate Girls
- What
- Received the Ramon Magsaysay Award for efforts in girls' education and is working to transform mindsets.
- When
- Awarded in 2025, article published on September 22, 2025
- Where
- Rural and educationally marginalized regions of India
- Why
- To break cycles of poverty and illiteracy by empowering girls through education.
- Organization
- Educate Girls
- Founder
- Safeena Husain
- Award Received
- Ramon Magsaysay Award
- Year of Award
- 2025
- Focus
- Girls' education in rural India
- Impact
- Over 2 million girls enrolled, 2.4 million children supported
- Operational Areas
- Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Bihar