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Solar Sisters' Trip to the Airport
Despite the darkness of the early morning, I could tell that they were all sparkles and perfume, headwraps and shawls, when I jumped into the...
Innovative Project Taps Rural African Women as Solar Engineers
South-South partnership gives marginalized African mothers and grandmothers "life-transforming" training in India WASHINGTON , DC — The...
Secretary of State Clinton Praises Tostan as Model for Grassroots Development
During a Town Hall Meeting with the U.S. State Department during her first few weeks in office, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held up...
Tostan Featured on Dutch National TV
This spring, two national television stations, Nederland 2 in the Netherlands and TV5 MONDE in France, featured Tostan on their...
Public Declaration to Abandon Female Genital Cutting in The Gambia
Public Declaration to Abandon Female Genital Cutting in The Gambia Darsilameh, Upper River Region June 14, 2009 Darsilameh, The...
Breakthrough in Bala, Senegal: 95 Communities Declare their Abandonment of FGC
Bala, Senegal – Following their participation in the Tostan Community Empowerment Program (CEP), 95 communities came together on June 14, 2009 to...
Abandonment Spreads to “Adopted” Villages of Senegal
Toubacouta, Senegal-- On July 5, 2009, ninety-eight villages in Senegal came together to publicly abandon the harmful traditional practices of...
"For the Best of Our Women's Health": Communities in Kolda, Senegal pledge to abandon FGC
On Sunday, July 26, 51 villages joined together under the hot sun in Kamboua, a village of about 900 inhabitants in the region of Kolda, southern...
Tostan SMS: Community-led “Mobile-ization” featured on MobileActive
Over 85% of the population of Senegal currently uses mobile phones—powerful and practical tools in an increasingly connected world. A recent article...
Innovative Approach to Ending Female Genital Cutting in Africa Praised in New Book by Kristof and WuDunn
"Half the Sky" devotes chapter to uplifting story of nonprofit Tostan and its founder, Molly Melching, whose grassroots program has empowered over...
Mobile Technologies Meet the Needs of Emerging Markets in Developing Countries
At the Clinton Global Initiative on September 23, 2009, a new project developed through a partnership between Tostan, WISeKey (a Swiss maker of ID...
Ambassador Verveer Commends Tostan at US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
On October 1st, 2009, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues, Melanne Verveer, testified at the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign...
Molly Melching vs. Michael Moore: “Respectful” Tostan Approach Praised in the NY Times
NY Times columnist, Judith Warner highlights Tostan’s unique approach. New York, NY, October 1, 2009 – Judith Warner of the New York Times wrote of...
"Historic Step for Somali Women and Girls" As 14 Villages Publicly Declare Abandonment of Female Genital Cutting
In Puntland, where an estimated 98% of the population practices FGC, declaration provides new way forward GAROWE, PUNTLAND, SOMALIA October...
