News & Stories
Tostan and UNICEF open 50 new centers in Bakel, Senegal
Tostan and UNICEF do not sleep when it comes to helping communities abandon harmful traditional practices. 50 new Tostan centers will open their...
Tostan’s Prison Project celebrates Women's International Day
On March 8, 2010, Tostan staff and volunteers visited the Dakar Women’s Prison to take part in the day-long event organized by Tostan’s Prison...
Davos Debates 2010 on Female Genital Cutting
Davos Meeting 2010: Executive Director of UNICEF Ann Veneman, and NY Times Columnist, Nicholas Kristof, praise Tostan’s role in the global movement...
Tostan's Jokko Initiative highlighted in The Daily Beast article
Amongst other topics, the Women in the World event held this past weekend discussed the use of powerful new technologies to change the fate of women...
Powerful video at Women in the World Summit
March 15, 2010 Last Saturday evening, Tostan program participant and social change agent Marietou Diarra captivated the audience at a major...
Reaching out to men to fight for women's rights
March 14, 2010 In the Daily Beast article "Getting the Guys to Help," Dana Goldstein discusses how women activists in Africa are finding ways to...
A Powerful New Opportunity to End Female Genital Cutting in Senegal
Molly Melching, Founder and Executive Director of Tostan, discusses Senegal’s National Action Plan to end Female Genital Cutting (FGC) by 2015. The...
Senegal: Total End of Female Genital Cutting Now in Sight
Government of Senegal launches major national action plan to seize on momentum created by local communities and the NGO Tostan to end the practice...
About Tostan
Tostan's mission is to empower African communities to bring about sustainable development and positive social transformation based on respect for...
Tostan Receives UNESCO Literacy Prize
WASHINGTON, DC, July 18, 2007 – Tostan has received the 2007 United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) King...
Thousands of African Communities Commemorate Women's Decision to Abandon FGC
Ten Years after First Declaration, Villagers Call for Pan-African Abandonment of FGC MALICOUNDA BAMBARA, Senegal, August 5, 2007 – Ten years...
Tostan Wins Prestigious Hilton Prize
WASHINGTON, DC, August 13, 2007 – Tostan, a US 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in Senegal has received the 2007 Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize, a...
Tostan Featured in Op-Ed by UNICEF Chief
WASHINGTON DC, USA , September 5, 2007 – UNICEF Executive Director Ann Veneman praised Tostan’s community-based methods in a September 5 op-ed piece...
Senegalese Newspaper Article: Prenatal Visit Increase Due to Tostan
Le soleil - January 14, 2009 PRE-NATAL CONSULTATIONS IN ZIGUINCHOR: TOTAL ADHERENCE OF THE WOMEN OF FOGNY AND PACAO Dynamic community action is...
