BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN URL:https://lectures.london/london-school-of-economics/every-last-girl-a-j ourney-to-educate-indias-forgotten-daughters/calender.ics NAME:Lectures London X-WR-CALNAME:Lectures London TIMEZONE-ID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:dc2a9536-f044-45c0-accd-3f33d277d1cd SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260717T075247 DTSTART:20261006T173000 DTEND:20261006T190000 SUMMARY:Every last girl: a journey to educate India’s forgotten daughter s LOCATION:London School of Economics: In-person and online public event (LS E campus\, venue tbc to ticketholders) DESCRIPTION:Tuesday 6 October 2026 6.30pm - 8pmSpeakerSafeena HusainChairP rofessor Stephan ChambersThis public event celebrates Every Last Girl: A J ourney to Educate India's Forgotten Daughters\, a book by Safeena Husain. In conversation with Stephan Chambers\, she will discuss the journey of Ed ucate 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 ev en born. They are the ones most likely to be left behind by poverty\, patr iarchy\, early marriage\, and restrictive social norms. At Educate Girls\, this often unwanted girl is known as Antimbala—the “last girl.” Edu cate 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 rea ched more than 31\,500 villages and helped over 2.2 million girls access e ducation. Join Safeena Husain—LSE alumna and recipient of an Honorary Do ctorate from the School — for a conversation on girls’ education\, com munity-led change\, and the challenge of designing solutions at scale. The discussion will explore what it takes to reach the ‘last girl’ and wh at becomes possible when communities come together to transform the future s of their daughterMeet our speaker and chairLSE alumna Safeena Husain is the Founder of Educate Girls\, an award-winning Indian non-profit that par tners with governments and communities to improve girls' education in Indi a’s marginalised regions. She was named to the TIME Women of the Year 20 26 list and led Educate Girls to become the first Indian non-profit to rec eive the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2025. Her vision is to empower 10 millio n learners by 2035 through scalable\, community-led solutions.Stephan Cham bers is Director of the Marshall Institute at LSE\, Professor in Practice in the Department of Management\, and Course Director for the Executive Ma sters in Social Business and Entrepreneurship. Previously\, he directed Ox ford University's MBA and founded its Executive MBA programme. 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