Are Communities the Problem or the Solution for Girls’ Education?
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Session Description
There are deep-rooted, community-induced societal barriers to girls’ education. Persistently working with the entire community helps instill a favorable perception shift toward girls’ education. If communities have been the biggest impediment to development, can we flip the scenario, use the same communities, and make them the drivers of development?
Time & Location
Time:
11:45 - 13:00, Wednesday, April 9, 2014
BST
Location:
SBS, Seminar 10
Speakers
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Speaker
Safeena Husain is the Founder and Board Member of Educate Girls, a non-profit working towards empowering communities for girls’ education in remote villages of India. Under Safeena’s guidance, Educate Girls has mobilised 1.4 million+ girls for enrolment to date, supporting over 18.6 million+ children.
Safeena’s efforts to bridge the gender gap in education in India have been instrumental in Educate Girls achieving the world’s first Development Impact Bond in education and becoming an Audacious Project.
