News & Stories
Molly Melching named one of Newsweek’s “150 Women Who Shake the World”
Washington, DC—Tostan’s executive director, Molly Melching, was named by Newsweek and The Daily Beast as one of “150 Women Who Shake the World.” The...
FGC Abandonment is the result; Literacy, Problem Solving, and Community Empowerment are the means
In an ABC news article released on March 17th, Dr. Richard Besser, Senior Health and Medical Editor at ABC News, writes about his recent experience...
The Movement for Positive Change Continues: Public Declaration in Gathiary, Senegal
The beat of celebratory drums drew a crowd of 1000 people to the public declaration in Gathiary, Senegal on March 13, 2011. Gathiary, the...
Tostan Participates in Carter Center Forum to Promote Women’s Rights
Story by Molly Melching, Executive Director of Tostan From April 3-6, 2011, 40 human rights leaders, religious leaders and scholars gathered...
Sister Fa Documentary Honored with Award
On March 30, the documentary Sarabah was honored with the “A Matter of ACT” Documentary Award at the “Movies that Matter” film festival in Den...
Mother's Day Campaign: A Great Success
To all our supporters who made this year’s Mother’s Day campaign an immense success—thank you so much! Thanks to your generosity, we exceeded our...
Creating a New Future: Recent Public Declaration in Mbour, Senegal
On May 8th, community as well as Tostan team members gathered in Mbour, Senegal for an event that celebrated the positive changes occurring in the...
Two Recent Declarations of FGC Abandonment in Senegal
Within the past two weeks, 159 communities throughout the Fouta and Kolda regions of Senegal declared their collective decision to abandon the...
197 Communities Declare FGC Abandonment in Guinea
On Sunday, June 5, 2011, 197 communities congregated in Bissikrima, Guinea, to declare their abandonment of female genital cutting (FGC) and other...
117 Communities in The Gambia Embrace Their Human Rights at Recent Declaration
June 12th marked a pivotal human rights achievement in the Upper River Region of The Gambia. In the city of Basse, 117 communities...
Ground Breaking Public Declaration in Djibouti: 92 Communities Declare Abandonment
On July 3, 2011, 92 Djiboutian communities publicly declared their abandonment of female genital cutting (FGC). This was the first declaration...
Solar Panels Bring Electricity to Mauritanian Communities
On July 13, six Community Management Committees (CMC) from the Brakna region of Mauritania celebrated the donation of solar panels for their...
Building Peace through Microcredit
With the mission to build peace through the economic and social empowerment of Muslim women, Muslim Women’s Fund chose to fund Tostan’s microfinance...
Mobilizing Change: Tostan participants featured in TrustLaw report on child marriage
Three former participants in Tostan’s human rights-based education program, the Community Empowerment Program (CEP), from Keur Issa, Senegal were...
