Lesley Julia Abdela MBE is a British expert on women's rights and political participation and women, peace and security. She has worked as an adviser in 50 countries to governments and IGOs (United Nations, CoE, IOM, OSCE), NGOs and the European Commission.[ citation needed ] She is also a broadcaster and women's rights campaigner.
Abdela was born in London and educated at Queen Anne's School, Chatelard School, Hammersmith College of Art and Building and the London College of Printing.[ citation needed ]
Abdela won the UK Woman of Europe award [1] for work seeking the empowerment of women in Central and Eastern Europe and in 1996 was the first Political Editor for Cosmopolitan Magazine. In 2006, Abdela was voted into the New Statesman's poll "Top 50 Heroes of Our Time". [2] She was chosen July 2007 United States Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs European Alumni of the Month. [3] In the Queen's Birthday Honours 1990 Abdela was appointed as a Member of the Order of the British Empire for "services to the advancement of Women in Politics and Local Government". [4]
In 2007, Abdela was reported by the BBC as having found the grave of Barbara Bodichon in the tiny churchyard of Brightling, East Sussex, about 50 miles (80 km) from London. It was in a state of disrepair, with its railings rusted and breaking away, and the inscription on the tomb almost illegible. A fund for its repair was underway. [5] The historian Dr Judith Rowbotham at Nottingham Trent University issued a further appeal for funds to restore the grave and its surroundings. About £1,000 was raised.[ citation needed ] The money raised by the village was used to sand-blast the railings and repaint them, and to clean the granite tomb.
Abdela has been:
Abdela is a senior partner in Shevolution, a gender equality consultancy, and lives in Burwash, East Sussex.
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