Educating the most marginalised girls in India, one village at a time

Born into a Dalit family, Reeta Kaushik faced discrimination growing up for belonging to India’s “untouchable” or lowest caste community in the Hindu system of social hierarchy.

At 28, Reeta established Samudaik Kalyan Vikas Sansthan (SKVS) to protect the rights of the marginalised Dalit community, with a focus on women and girls. As SKVS’s secretary, she works to encourage parents to send their daughters to school and trains school officials to create supportive learning environments for girls.

Reeta is part of Malala Fund’s global network of education champions who are working in countries, such as India, where girls struggle to go to school. Like Malala and Ziauddin Yousafzai, these local activists and educators present the strongest challenge to barriers that keep girls out of school. Threats to girls’ education — like poverty, war and gender discrimination — differ between countries and communities. Champions like Reeta understand these challenges and are best placed to identify, innovate and advocate for policy and programmatic solutions.

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