How to Keep Driving Action to End FGM/C after Women Deliver 2023
How to Keep Driving Action to End FGM/C after Women Deliver 2023 Over 6000 changemakers gathered in Kigali, Rwanda, last week for Women Deliver 2023, to address some of the world’s most pressing issues affecting girls and women around the world. At Orchid Project, we joined with inspiring activists, grassroots organisations, and NGOs... Read More
New FGM/C Research Initiative launched to advance data and evidence to end harmful practice of FGM/C, effecting 200 Million+ women and girls globally.
New FGM/C Research Initiative launched to advance data and evidence to end harmful practice of FGM/C, affecting 200 Million+ women and girls globally. [Kigali, 2023] A New FGM/C Research Initiative is being launched to advance data and evidence to end the harmful practice of FGM/C, which effects 4.3 million girls worldwide, every year. Orchid Project‘s... Read More
25 April 2023
Orchid Project in Kenya! Launching our 5-year strategy and a regional Africa-office
An exciting new chapter has started for the Orchid Project with the launch of a 5-year Strategy 2023-2028, and a regional office in Kenya. At a gathering in Nairobi, Kenya, we came together with our partners, grassroots organisations, national NGOs, government representatives, Kenyan corporations, consultates, development agencies, Orchid Project staff and Board members, activists and... Read More
UK FGM/C charity, Orchid Project, is launching a regional office and 5-year Global Strategic Plan in Kenya
Note to the Editor On Wednesday the 19th of April, in the Mercure Nairobi Hotel, Orchid Project will be launching its Kenyan Entity and 5-year strategic plan. Orchid Project was established in the UK in 2011, by Julia Lalla-Maharajh, OBE, with a vision of a world free from female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). Through... Read More
28 March 2023
Launch of FGM/C in Nigeria Report: A Webinar
On the 27th of March 2023, Orchid Project’s research team (previously 28 Too Many) held a Webinar launching our female genital cutting/ mutilation (FGM/C) in Nigeria Country Profile Report. The webinar was well attended and featured a presentation by Researcher Shannon Thomson on the report’s Key Findings. This was followed by a panel discussion exploring... Read More
16 February 2023
EMPOWERING YOUNG VOICES TO END FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION
REFLECTIONS FROM ORCHID PROJECT’S YOUTH KNOWLEDGE SHARING WORKSHOP BY GODSON SALMAN 13/02/2023 Recently, a two-day Youth Knowledge Sharing Workshop was held in Narok county, Kenya, bringing together young people from different counties where female genital mutilation/cutting is performed. The workshop was organised by the UK-based NGO, Orchid Project, with the aim of providing a platform... Read More
Board Chair Rotation Announcement
As we start 2023, Orchid Project are pleased to announce that Delphine Rive and Joseph Ssentongo will be stepping up as Co-Chairs of the Board of Trustees as of the 1st January, with our current Chair of the Board, Cécile Belaman, standing down from the role she has held for six years to become an... Read More
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Resources for Orchid Project (with 28 Too Many) launch of Mali Country report update in English & French with Webinar discussion.
Mali Report in English: https://www.28toomany.org/media/uploads/Country%20Research%20and%20Resources/Mali/mali_country_profile_update_v1_(october_2022)_test.pdf Mali Report in French: https://www.28toomany.org/media/uploads/Country%20Research%20and%20Resources/Mali/mali_country_profile_update_v1_(june_2022)_french.pdf Key Findings in English: https://www.28toomany.org/media/uploads/Country%20Research%20and%20Resources/Mali/mali_country_profile_update_key_findings_v1_(october_2022).pdf Key Findings in French: https://www.28toomany.org/media/uploads/Country%20Research%20and%20Resources/Mali/mali_country_profile_update_key_findings_v1_(october_2022)_french.pdf Presentation of Key Findings from Webinar ( French Version): https://www.orchidproject.org/resources/mali-launch-presentation-french-version/ Presentation of Key Findings from Webinar (English Version): https://www.orchidproject.org/resources/power-point-presentation-for-mali-report-webinar-english-version/ Transcript of Webinar discussion (French): https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTpekeDflt-2WPhsaBVjznCQytCYWq5utbVygdEeB56gzABCpJa42mf7grhRKqzrsOXLSKf0ZfSTo-E/pub Transcript of Webinar discussion (English): https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSj6O1mJGfkAxFmFYEFgB4gbW2kjjEbNawkv6MMtjs_mlRUBrp-_eRcZrrdmTh5sQ/pub Video of webinar: ‘Exploring... Read More