Portrait of a Leader: Aïchèttou Babou and Tostan Partner for Women’s Empowerment in Ranérou, Senegal
Born in 1968, Aïchéttou attended primary and secondary school in Matam, Senegal and is fluent in French, Pulaar, and Wolof. She travelled extensively throughout Senegal before returning to the northern […]
MDG3 in Action: Community Management Committees
In support of the Global Festival, we will post a story each week during the month of September featuring Tostan’s commitment to Millennium Development Goal 3 (MDG3), ‘Promoting Gender Equality […]
Religious Leaders of Guinea-Conakry Issue a Declaration Against FGC
Project Hope, a collaboration between Pathfinder International, Population Services International (PSI), and Tostan, organized a two day event on May 26 and 27, devoted to the discussion of Islam and […]
Community-led Development in Guinea
Earlier this summer, Tostan Guinea along with representatives from Guinea’s Ministry of Social Affairs, Ministry of Territorial Administration and Decentralization, and Ministry of Literacy visited ten villages in central Guinea […]
Communities in the Region of Tambacounda, Senegal Meet as the Community Empowerment Program Begins.
In the village of Gabou, Senegal I accompanied Tostan’s Regional Coordinator of the Tambacounda region, Thierno Diallo, to a community meeting. The day before the meeting, lying beneath a tree, […]
VOICES OF TOSTAN: Stephen Allen
An organization is nothing without the passion and dedication of the team of individuals behind it. Tostan is comprised of talented, committed people ranging from village elders to directors, Community […]
Construye Mundo of Spain to Support Villages in Senegal
May 7, 2010- This week, Tostan Fouta welcomed Iciar Gonzales, representative of the international NGO Construye Mundo, from Madrid, Spain. During her visit, Iciar met villagers from the community of […]
Discussing the Abandonment of FGC and Child/forced Marriage in Kolda
Sixty villages in southern Senegal have just completed Tostan’s Community Empowerment Program (CEP). The villages in the department of Medina Yoro Foulah have spent the last three years working with Tostan […]
The Dakar Declaration for a United Nations Ban on FGC
The Inter-parliamentary Conference on Female Genital Cutting (FGC) took place in Dakar, Senegal on May 3-4. The gathering of African and international leaders presented an opportunity to reflect upon past […]
NEW VIDEO: Tostan's Peace and Security Project Launch
This video of Tostan’s Peace and Security Project launch, made by Dakar Communications Assistant Alisa Hamilton, highlights the perspectives of Odile Tening, Project Manager at Gorée Institute; Mory Camara, Tostan […]