Educate Girls Wins 2025 Ramon Magsaysay Award
01.09.2025
Educate Girls Wins 2025 Ramon Magsaysay Award
Context
Educate Girls, an Indian NGO dedicated to enrolling out-of-school girls, has been awarded the 2025 Ramon Magsaysay Award.
It is the first Indian organisation, rather than an individual, to receive this honour, often described as “Asia’s Nobel Prize.”
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About the Ramon Magsaysay Award What it is: Established: 1957, by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund in memory of Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay, who died in a plane crash the same year. Eligibility: Individuals or organisations from Asia showing exceptional selfless service and dedication to society. Features: Awardees receive a medallion bearing Magsaysay’s image, a certificate, and a cash prize. Indian Recipients (Selected):
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About Educate Girls NGO
Full Name: Foundation to Educate Girls Globally (commonly Educate Girls)
Founded: 2007 by Safeena Husain, an LSE graduate
Mission: To break the cycle of poverty and illiteracy by mobilising communities and governments to support girls’ education in rural and underserved areas.
Key Initiatives:
- Community Mobilisation: Identify out-of-school girls, ensure their enrolment and retention.
- Government Partnerships: Collaborate with states to scale programmes effectively.
- Innovative Finance: Launched the world’s first Development Impact Bond (2015) in education.
Pragati Programme: Open schooling for young women (15–29 years) to complete secondary education.