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| +3.15.2010 |
Tostan participant Marietou Diarra Gives Powerful Presentation to Women World Leaders at NY Conference: Last Saturday evening, Tostan program participant and social change agent Marietou Diarra captivated the audience at a major conference in New York with an account of her personal experiences of female genital cutting (FGC) and her subsequent involve ... more >>
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| +2.24.2010 |
Get Involved!: Deadlines for the June 2010 volunteer and internship programs are quickly approaching! ... more >>
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| +2.22.2010 |
Senegal’s First Region-Wide Declaration of FGC and Child/Forced Marriage Abandonment: Communities in Kédougou Accelerate Towards Goal of Total Abandonment by 2015: KÉDOUGOU, Senegal, 22 February 2010—256 villages from the region of Kédougou gathered on Sunday, February 21, to announce and celebrate their historic decision to abandon the harmful traditions of female genital cutting (FGC) and child/forced marriag ... more >>
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| +2.18.2010 |
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 by 2015 ... more >>
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| +2.10.2010 |
Walking the Path of Unity to be broadcast internationally on TV5 International, RTBF, and La Deux in February: Previewed in more than 70 communities in the region of Casamance in Senegal and among many Diaspora communities in Europe, Walking the Path of Unity (L'Appel de Diégoune in French) was selected in November 2009 to launch the UNICEF International Chil ... more >>
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| +2.5.2010 |
Casamance Mobilises for the International Day for the Abandonment of Female Genital Cutting on February 6th: Senegalese singer Sister Fa has joined efforts with Tostan to promote the health and dignity of women in celebration of the International Day for the Abandonment of Female Genital Cutting(FGC) on February 6. Sister Fa recently held two concerts, one ... more >>
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| +2.1.2010 |
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 to abandon FGC ... more >>
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| +1.14.2010 |
A Message of Support and Solidarity for the People of Haiti: With deep sadness and concern Tostan staff here in Senegal and across Africa, in Washington, D.C., and Paris are following the continually worsening disaster in Haiti. Our team knows the difficulties associated with responding to a situation such as ... more >>
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| +1.12.2010 |
Job opening at Tostan Headquarters in Dakar, Senegal: Tostan is currently seeking a highly qualified and experienced person to cover the important position of Controller at Tostan headquarters in Dakar, Senegal. ... more >>
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| +1.11.2010 |
Secretary Clinton cites Tostan as Example of Success in Speech Outlining New US Approach to International Development: WASHINGTON, DC January 8, 2010— In her speech entitled “Development in the 21st Century” at the Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics organized by the Center for Global Development on January 6th, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Ro ... more >>
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| +12.23.2009 |
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 publicly declare their resolve to protect the human rights of women and young girls. Representatives from ... more >>
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| +11.20.2009 |
158 Villages in the Department of Koungheul Join the Movement to Abandon Harmful Traditional Practices: KOUNGHEUL, Senegal, 15 November 2009 - Over 4,121 communities have joined the growing social movement of villages in Senegal to promote the human rights, health, and well-being of community members by committing to put an end to harmful traditional p ... more >>
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| +11.17.2009 |
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 International Children’s Rights Documentary Film Festival at the UNICEF Headquarters in New York toda ... more >>
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| +11.11.2009 |
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 Bounkling, in the Casamance region of Senegal, came together on Sunday to publicly declare their abandon ... more >>
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| +11.6.2009 |
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 Ambassador-at-large for Global Women’s Issues, and several other witnesses, presented their accounts of violen ... more >>
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| +11.5.2009 |
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 Gender Equality, Tostan’s community-led movement for the abandonment of female genital cutting (FGC) in Sen ... more >>
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| +10.27.2009 |
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 International media as well as diaspora community members worldwide ... more >>
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| +10.26.2009 |
BBC World Challenge 2009 - Vote for the Solar Sisters to Win: Barefoot College, Tostan’s partner in bringing solar power to rural African communities, named as finalist in the 2009 BBC World Challenge!
The BBC World Challenge aims at finding and rewarding projects or small businesses from around the world ... more >>
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| +10.16.2009 |
Authors of 'Half the Sky' Win Literary Peace Prize: “In recognition of their work chronicling human rights in Asia, Africa, and the developing world”, on Wednesday 14 October, authors Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, were named recipients of the 2009 Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Lifetime Ach ... more >>
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| +10.8.2009 |
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 for Global Health. ... more >>
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| +10.7.2009 |
"Historic Step for Somali Women and Girls" As 14 Villages Publicly Declare Abandonment of Female Genital Cutting: GAROWE, PUNTLAND, SOMALIA October 5, 2009 — 14 villages in the Northeast Zone of Somalia – Puntland – made history on Monday as they became the first group of communities in the region to collectively pledge to abandon the practice of female genital ... more >>
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| +10.2.2009 |
Molly Melching vs. Michael Moore: “Respectful” Tostan Approach Praised in the NY Times: NY Times columnist, Judith Warner highlights Tostan’s unique approach. ... more >>
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| +10.1.2009 |
Ambassador Verveer Commends Tostan at US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations: U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues, Melanne Verveer, testified at the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on the subject of violence against women. Verveer commended Tostan to the Senate committee for the organization’s success ... more >>
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| +9.24.2009 |
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 management solutions) and many other organizations was announced. The project focuses on the growing p ... more >>
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| +9.1.2009 |
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 4,000 communities in Africa to publicly abandon this centuries-old practice and lead movements for chan ... more >>
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| +8.31.2009 |
Her Guiding Star: Human Dignity : In the fall of 1974 a young American student arrived in Senegal for a six month exchange program. Thirty-four years later she remains. Molly Melching is the founder of Tostan – the NGO that, without even having made abandonment of FGC an initial obj ... more >>
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| +8.6.2009 |
Tostan SMS: Community-led “Mobile-ization” featured on MobileActive: A recent article posted on MobileActive.org entitled How Tostan is Using Mobiles: Literacy and Community Empowerment remarked that “there is much to be gained by communities that are mobile literate and able to take advantage of strong social networ ... more >>
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| +7.30.2009 |
"For the Best of Our Women's Health": Communities in Kolda, Senegal pledge to abandon FGC: On Sunday, July 26, 51 villages joined together in Kamboua, a village in Kolda, southern Senegal, to celebrate their pledge to abandon female genital cutting (FGC) and child/forced marriage. ... more >>
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| +7.7.2009 |
Abandonment Spreads to “Adopted” Villages of Senegal: On July 5, 2009, 98 villages in Toubacouta, Senegal came together to publicly abandon the harmful traditional practices of female genital cutting (FGC) and child/forced marriage. ... more >>
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| +6.16.2009 |
Breakthrough in Bala, Senegal: 95 Communities Declare their Abandonment of FGC : Following their participation in the Tostan Community Empowerment Program (CEP), 95 communities came together on June 14, 2009 to publicly declare their decision to abandon female genital cutting (FGC) and child/forced marriage. ... more >>
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| +6.15.2009 |
Public Declaration to Abandon Female Genital Cutting in The Gambia: Darsilameh, The Gambia—June 14, 2009 marked a major milestone for The Gambia as 24 communities in the Upper River Region came together to abandon the practices of female genital cutting (FGC) and child/forced marriage. ... more >>
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| +4.6.2009 |
Tostan Featured on Dutch National TV: On April 4th, Nederland 2 in the Netherlands featured Tostan on its international news program. ... more >>
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| +4.6.2009 |
Secretary of State Clinton Praises Tostan as Model for Grassroots Development: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held up Tostan as a model for how “grassroots work supported by the United States Government” can affect real change in communities around the world. ... more >>
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| +3.26.2009 |
Innovative Project Taps Rural African Women as Solar Engineers: South-South partnership gives marginalized African mothers and grandmothers "life-transforming" training in India ... more >>
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| +3.9.2009 |
Talkin’ Trash: Travel Website Highlights Tostan's Compost Program: ... more >>
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| +2.9.2009 |
Tostan Featured on International News Television Program: On February 6th, the Director of Tostan France explained how thousands of communities in Senegal, Guinea, and Burkina Faso have abandoned FGC, thanks to the new knowledge and skills learned through the Tostan Community Empowered Program (CEP). ... more >>
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| +1.14.2009 |
Senegalese Newspaper Article: Prenatal Visit Increase Due to Tostan: Translated article from Le Soleil ... more >>
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| +12.17.2008 |
Tostan Named in List of Top 100 Charities: ... more >>
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| +12.4.2008 |
Tostan Director Featured in Philanthropy News Digest: ... more >>
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| +11.21.2008 |
Video of Tostan Founder and Director Molly Melching Featured on Global Health TV: ... more >>
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| +11.3.2008 |
Washington Post Reports on female genital cutting, Interviews Molly Melching: ... more >>
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| +9.20.2008 |
News-Gazette: Tostan Director Molly Melching Visits Childhood Home: ... more >>
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| +7.24.2008 |
Tostan Online Store Launched: Tostan Gear now available for purchase. ... more >>
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| +7.23.2008 |
New Edition of Newsletter Published: The Summer 2008 edition of the Tostan newsletter online. ... more >>
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| +11.25.2007 |
Tostan Featured in Chicago Tribune: Tostan has been featured in the 11/25 edition of the Chicago Tribune. ... more >>
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| +9.6.2007 |
Tostan Featured in Op-Ed by UNICEF Chief: UNICEF Executive Director Ann Veneman praised Tostan’s community-based methods in a September 5 op-ed ... more >>
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| +8.13.2007 |
Tostan Wins Prestigious Hilton Prize: Tostan has received the 2007 Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize, a $1.5 million dollar award ... more >>
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| +8.5.2007 |
Thousands of African Communities Commemorate Women's Decision to Abandon FGC: Ten years ago, pioneering women from the village of Malicounda Bambara, Senegal, led their village to become the first ... more >>
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| +7.18.2007 |
Tostan Receives UNESCO Literacy Prize: Tostan has received the 2007 United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) King Sejong Literacy Prize.
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