India is hardly the place that comes to mind when you think of places that have made strides in girls’ education. Headlines are filled with stories of how badly the country treats its girls and women. Violence against women is on the rise. About 50 percent of Indian girls are married off before the age of 18. And selective abortion of female fetuses has led to a dramatic drop in the ratio of females to males. And yet, the number of girls attending schools in India has gone up in recent decades, especially in primary schools. This is true even in rural areas. This is not to say that keep those girls in school is easy, especially if they’re poor. But things are changing slowly. And more and more, girls and women are fighting for their right to education, like 21 year-old Khushboo Rawat. She was born in a poor family in the eastern Indian city of Lucknow. Her childhood was filled with drudgery.

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