Safeena Husain

Safeena Husain is an education advocate focused on addressing the crisis of out-of-school girls in India. She has developed ambitious initiatives aimed at reaching and empowering the 1. 6 million girls who lack access to education across the country.

Her work centers on creating scalable solutions to tackle educational inequity, particularly for marginalized girls who face systemic barriers to learning. Through her advocacy and program development, she addresses the complex factors that keep girls out of school and works to create pathways for their educational empowerment. Her approach recognizes that educating girls has far-reaching impacts beyond individual achievement, contributing to broader social and economic development.

Husain's expertise and compelling vision earned her a platform at TED 2019, where she presented her bold strategy for transforming educational access for India's most vulnerable student population.