Raj Kaur Khaira

Raj is a lawyer, author and activist, with degrees in Biology, Political Science and Law living in London. Raj trained as a lawyer at one of London’s top firms and now advises start-ups on how they can expand. She is one of few ethnic minority women in the UK to have held a role in the c-suite of a tech start-up.

Raj founded the Pink Ladoo Project in 2015 (https://www.pinkladoo.org/home), which encourages South Asian families to abandon the sexist custom of only distributing sweets to their community when a boy is born. The Pink Ladoo Project celebrates the birth of girls with sweets, too. The campaign has attracted tens of thousands of followers in South Asian communities across the UK, Canada, the US and Australia. It has rapidly become one of the most prominent feminist movements for South Asian women.

Kasia studied painting at The Fine Arts Academy in Gdansk, Poland and has worked on a diverse array of projects from picture books and backgrounds for animated short films to iPad apps and commercials. She has a background in graphic design and commercial animation. Her passion for illustration has led her to pursue a career as a freelance artist. The most pleasant thing for her is to draw and create for the youngsters. She is a seafood lover, an adopted dog owner and truly believes in natural horsemanship. She currently lives in Gdansk I Poland with her husband Filip and wonderful daughter Helenka.