Webinar: How Do Partnerships Move the Needle Towards Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in Africa?

On Thursday 9th February, 2023, Tostan hosted a globally reaching webinar in partnership with Catalyst 2030 to ask: How do partnerships move the needle towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Africa?
A Letter from our CEO: 2022 was a Year of Celebration, Reflection and Preparation

2023 has well and truly begun here at Tostan. Before we look ahead to the rest of the year, however, we want to thank you – Tostan’s partners and allies – for your unwavering support in 2022.
[GAMBIA] Public Declaration to Abandon Female Genital Cutting and Child Marriage in Kuntaur Fula Kunda

Congratulations to the 72 communities who gathered in Kuntaur Fula Kunda, Central River Region in Gambia, this week to publicly declare their decision to abandon female genital cutting (FGC) and child marriage.
[SENEGAL] Public Declaration to Abandon Female Genital Cutting and Child Marriage in the District of Vélingara Ferlo

Community leaders representing 50 communities in the District of Vélingara Ferlo, Senegal, gathered to announce their collective decision to abandon the practices of Female Genital Cutting and Child Marriage.
[SENEGAL] Tostan’s soccer team wins the cup

PROMOTING WELL-BEING FOR ALL THROUGH SPORT Since 2016, staff members of the Tostan Training Center (TTC) and young people living in the neighborhood of Silmang in Thies, regularly […]
How Tostan is Using a Transformational Gift from MacKenzie Scott to Expand Community Well-being

Since MacKenzie Scott announced that Tostan would be among the organizations receiving her philanthropy in June 2021, Tostan has worked carefully to honor this incredible gift as an opportunity to […]
[SENEGAL] Red Card! A campaign to end gender discrimination

On June 27, 2022, was held the official launch of the Red Card Campaign in Senegal at the King Fahd Palace in Dakar with the theme “Sport and culture […]
[SENEGAL] Training in Community Engagement Meetings

As part of the When She Leads Everyone Succeeds Project, 4 project managers, 18 supervisors, 1 coordinator, and 1 social mediator were trained in the three sessions of the […]
[SENEGAL] Tostan meets the women of the Somone Lagoon

Tostan’s mission is to empower communities to develop and realize their vision for the future and inspire large-scale movements for dignity for all. It does this through its Community Empowerment […]
[PORTRAIT] Vivien Manel blows the whistle on the environment
