Leading Women Figures Who Fought for Girl Child Education

Savitribai Phule India's first female teacher, Savitribai, broke social mores in the 1800s to educate girls and opened the first girls' school

Malala Yousafzai Extremists shot Malala because she attended school and became the youngest Nobel laureate

Safeena Husain Through Educate Girls, she mobilized communities to enroll and retain girls in schools in the most backward parts of India

Shaheen Mistri Teach For India empowers children by bringing passionate leaders into classrooms for quality learning

Urvashi Sahni A domestic violence survivor and policy influencer, she runs Prerna Girls School to promote gender equality