On Human Rights Day: A Look Back at How the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Fundamentally Changed Tostan’s Program
Tostan describes its work as a “nonformal, human rights-based educational program.” But what does that actually mean, and how important is the human rights aspect? As it turns out–very. In […]
Senegalese Youth Use Radio in Efforts To End FGC
Emerging from the group is the voice of a woman. She tells her story—that of a girl who was married at the age of 15 and became the mother of […]
Learning The Tostan Way
Semester at Sea is an experience of a lifetime that provides students with the opportunity to enhance their global perspective about the world around them. My specific voyage, known as […]
Communities in Senegal Embrace Positive Parental Practices
We left the bustling city of Kolda on a warm Saturday afternoon, the road disappearing behind us as we headed toward the remote village of Sare Sounkkarou: one of the […]
Standing With 52 Communities at a Public Declaration in Médina Sabakh, Senegal
A girl draped in red walks amongst her peers, the blade of the traditional cutter’s knife in her left hand catching the sun as she moves. She proceeds to the […]
Women of West Africa: Finding the Courage to Lead
In the 2014 local elections in a conservative region of eastern Senegal, 63 Tostan program participants were elected as Rural Councilors for that region. 41 of them were women. This […]
Press Release: HRH Crown Princess Mary of Denmark witnesses ceremony to abandon female genital cutting
Contact details: Oliver Chantler: Orchid Project |+44 (0) 7447 608761 | oliver@orchidproject.org Today (15th November 2015), over fifty communities in the Kaolack region of Senegal have come together to declare […]
The Power of Radio to End Harmful Practices
At Tostan, we use a process called organized diffusion to help spread information through connected communities, or social networks. This process increases the impact of our programs, spreading new ideas […]
Malick Diagne: A role model, human rights champion, and community activist we will never forget
The entire staff of Tostan is grieving since we learned of the unexpected and tragic passing of our dear friend and former colleague, Malick Diagne. For those of us who […]
Tostan Takes to Twitter to Play #TostanTAG–and to Discuss Community-led, Grassroots Change
On November 2, 2015 Tostan hosted a Twitter Chat to launch our #TostanTAG campaign. This month-long campaign is intended to encourage the global community to TALK, ACT and GIVE. To […]