Every last girl: a journey to educate India’s forgotten daughters
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This public event marks the global launch of Every Last Girl: A Journey to Educate India's Forgotten Daughters, a book by Safeena Husain. In conversation with Stephan Chambers, she will discuss the journey of Educate Girls and its mission to find and empower every girl in India.
There are millions of girls in India whose futures are shaped before they are even born. They are the ones most likely to be left behind by poverty, patriarchy, early marriage, and restrictive social norms. At Educate Girls, this often unwanted girl is known as Antimbala—the “last girl.” Educate Girls’ mission is to get that girl back into school. What began in a handful of villages has grown into a community-led movement that has reached more than 31,500 villages and helped over 2.2 million girls access education. Join Safeena Husain—LSE alumna and recipient of an Honorary Doctorate from the School — for a conversation on girls’ education, community-led change, and the challenge of designing solutions at scale. The discussion will explore what it takes to reach the ‘last girl’ and what becomes possible when communities come together to transform the futures of their daughter
Meet our speaker and chair
LSE alumna Safeena Husain is the Founder of Educate Girls, an award-winning Indian non-profit that partners with governments and communities to improve girls' education in India’s marginalised regions. She was named to the TIME Women of the Year 2026 list and led Educate Girls to become the first Indian non-profit to receive the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2025. Her vision is to empower 10 million learners by 2035 through scalable, community-led solutions.
Stephan Chambers is Director of the Marshall Institute at LSE, Professor in Practice in the Department of Management, and Course Director for the Executive Masters in Social Business and Entrepreneurship. Previously, he directed Oxford University's MBA and founded its Executive MBA programme. He also co-founded the Skoll World Forum, chaired the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, and led international strategy at Saïd Business School, Oxford University.
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