Educate Girls, an Indian non-profit working to educate out-of-school girls, has won the 2025 Ramon Magsaysay Award, becoming the first Indian organisation to receive Asia's highest honour for transformative social work, alongside environmentalist Shaahina Ali and priest Flaviano Villanueva
A Filipino priest, an Indian education activist, and a Maldivian diver won the 2025 Ramon Magsaysay Awards for transformative service in human rights, girls’ education, and environmental protection, embodying compassion, resilience, and community leadership across Asia
Girls who have done their class 10 and 12 schooling in government (public) schools and have admission in a bonafide higher education institution – in a degree or diploma program – are eligible for the scholarship