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Safeena Husain honoured with WISE prize
Under the leadership of Husain, Educate Girls utilizes AI to identify villages with high numbers of out-of-school girls.
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Safeena Husain, Founder, Educate Girls wins the WISE Prize for Education / Educate Girls
Safeena Husain, the founder of Educate Girls, has been honored with the WISE Prize for Education at the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE 11 Summit). She is the first Indian woman to receive the recognition for her significant contribution to girls' education in rural India.
Under the leadership of Husain, Educate Girls utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) to identify villages with high numbers of out-of-school girls. With this information, more than 21,000 gender champions conduct door-to-door visits in the most challenging-to-reach villages in India to identify these girls.
Through collaboration with the government and communities, Educate Girls works to reintegrate these girls into the formal education system. The organization has successfully mobilized over 1.4 million girls for enrollment and provided support to more than 1.9 million students with remedial learning since its inception.
“I am honoured and humbled for this recognition. This is a collective win for all of us working towards girls' education, right from the government and local communities, to our dedicated gender champions and our valued supporters,” Husain said.
Girls' education is the closest thing to a silver bullet and a transformative force in solving the world's most complex problems. But most importantly, it is her inherent right. At Educate Girls, we are steadfast in our commitment to contributing to this transformation,” she added.
Educate Girls has achieved a significant milestone by pioneering the world's first Development Impact Bond (DIB) in education, which links funding to outcomes. With the WISE Prize, the organization is now positioned for its next ambitious goal of impacting 10 million adolescent girls and young women over the next decade, a release stated.
The focus extends beyond education completion, aiming to connect girls and young women to additional opportunities for employment and skill development.
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