Julia Lalla-Maharajh
CEO and founder of Orchid Project
I am the CEO and founder of a small UK based NGO, Orchid Project, with a vision of a world free from female genital cutting. Prior to this, I was Director of Transport & Campaigns at London First, Director of "Campaign for Crossrail" and other roles in the private sector in London. Following time spent with VSO in Ethiopia, I came across the extent and scale of FGC, as well as the taboo around it and set up Orchid Project to address this gap.
A UK led effort to end female genital cutting within a generation
Posted 6 March 2013
I'm posting this from a chilly New York, where I'm attending the UN's Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). It's a sight to see so many women in colourful national dress, queueing in snow flurries to get past security at the UN General Assembly on 1st Avenue. One of the reasons I'm here is [...]
