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Tostan's Successes Included in Center for Global Development Report on Empowering Girls
On Wednesday, October 7th, the Center for Global Development hosted an event to launch the Center’s new report, Start with a Girl: A New Agenda...
Authors of 'Half the Sky' Win Literary Peace Prize
New York, NY – “In recognition of their work chronicling human rights in Asia, Africa, and the developing world”, on Wednesday 14 October, authors...
The Long Journey in Search of Light Solar Power! from India to rural villages in Senegal
The following feature article was written by Tostan field volunteer Niina Pitkänen, who met the Solar Power! Program participants at the Léopold...
BBC World Challenge 2009 – Vote now for the Solar Sisters to win!
BBC World Challenge 2009 – Vote now for the Solar Sisters to win! Barefoot College, Tostan’s partner in bringing solar power to rural African...
Movement to Abandon Female Genital Cutting and Child/Forced Marriage in The Gambia Grows as 13 Villages Make Public Declaration
In the second declaration in five months in The Gambia, 13 villages declare abandonment of harmful traditional practices to Gambian, National, and...
ICRW Names Tostan-Led Movement as One of Eight Major Innovations in History of Women's Empowerment
WASHINGTON, DC October, 2009 – In a new study by the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), Innovation for Women’s Empowerment and...
International Violence against Women: Stories and Solutions – Ambassador Verveer Identifies Tostan as an Effective Model for Change
WASHINGTON, DC October 21, 2009 – At a hearing on International Violence against Women held on Capitol Hill last month, Melanne Verveer, US...
With A Vision of Human Dignity for All, 404 Communities in Bounkling, Senegal Announce Abandonment of Female Genital Cutting
SEDHIOU, BOUNKLING Senegal, 8 November 2009 - Members of Mandinka, Fulani, Bainunk and Diola ethnic groups from 404 Villages in the Department of...
Diégoune-Tostan-Respect (Belgium) Film Selected to Launch UNICEF's International Children’s Rights Film Festival
NEW YORK, USA 17 November 2009 - L’Appel de Diégoune (Walking the Path of Unity) has been selected as one of three films that will launch the UNICEF...
158 Villages in the Department of Koungheul Join the Movement to Abandon Harmful Traditional Practices
Total Number of Communities Publicly Declaring Abandonment in Senegal Reaches 4,121 KOUNGHEUL, Senegal, 15 November 2009 - 4,121 communities have...
20 Somali Communities take a Decisive Step toward the Abandonment of Female Genital Cutting
HARGEISA, SOMALILAND 22 November 2009 — Hundreds of representatives from 20 communities in Somaliland made history on Sunday as they gathered in...
Twenty Four Communities in The Gambia Abandon Female Genital Cutting After Participating in the Tostan Program
SOTUMA KANTORA, The Gambia, 23 December 2009—On December 20th, 24 communities from the Upper River Region (URR) of The Gambia joined together to...
A Message of Support and Solidarity for the People of Haiti
Dear Friends, With deep sadness and concern Tostan staff here in Senegal and across Africa, in Washington, D.C., and Paris are following the...
Davos Debate 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...
