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Tostan in the News
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Tostan's programs and results have been featured in numerous African, North American, and European newspapers, magazines and websites. Media coverage in Africa is essential for raising awareness about achievements of Tostan-trained communities and for inspiring others to action. On an international level, press coverage has led to increased interest in Tostan's community-led development approach. The following are highlights of press coverage:
Recommended Articles
Armstrong, Sally. "Rights of Passage."
Châtelaine (Canada). December, 2004.
Armstrong, Sally. "Not My Daughter: Villages in Senegal Say No to Female Cutting."
Ms., Summer, 2003.
Burman, Erica T. "An End to Cutting."
Worldview. September/October, 2004.
Clinton, Hillary.
Living History. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2003. (pp. 400–401).
Gagen, Thomas. "Social Change in Senegal."
The
Boston Globe
. 28 December 2001.
Holzbauer, Christine. "Enterrer le Couteau et On Peut Soigner Ces Femmes."
L'Express (France). 14 June 2004.
Melching, Molly.
Empowering Women in Senegal. WBEZ - Chicago Public Radio. 8 January 2004.
Skard, Torild.
Continent of Mothers, Continent of Hope: Understanding and Promoting Development in Africa Today. Zed Books, 2003.
Walt, Vivienne. "Knowing Rite From Wrong Senegal's Villages Are Making a Healthy Leap Away From Old Traditions and Female Circumcision."
Chicago Tribune. 9 August 1998.
Zavis, Alexandra. "Scarred by Tradition, Senegalese Women Start to Abandon A Centuries-Old Practice."
The Miami Herald. 16 March 2003.
Articles by Year:
2007
Barber, Kari. "Children Serve as Panhandlers for Senegalese Religious Schools." Voice of America. 8 May 2007.
Barry, Ousmane. "Tostan s'implique advantage."
Horoya (Guinea-Conakry). 13 June 2007.
Camara, Tawel I. "La Basse Guinée adhère à la déclaration publique."
L'Indépendant (Guinea-Conakry). 14 June 2007.
Diallo, Ibrahima. "L'Afrique se mobilise."
Sud Quotidien (Senegal). 7 August 2007.
Dixon, Robyn. "In Senegal, a Life of Begging, Beating."
Los Angeles Times. 9 April 2007.
Dixon, Robyn. "It Takes a Village to Fight Ancient Practice."
Los Angeles Times. 23 March 2007.
Editorial. "Ending Female Genital Mutilation."
Los Angeles Times. 20 February 2007.
"Gambia: Villages in Senegal, Gambia renounce female circumcision." Gambia Now. 28 May 2007.
Gillespie, Diane. "Villagers Agree to End Female Genital Cutting."
Seattle Post Intelligencer. 21 January 2007.
IRIN (United Nations News Service) "Senegal: Marching for Street Kids." Reuters AlertNet. 20 April 2007.
Maas. "La Parole à Molly Melching et Malick Diagne."
La Nation (Djibouti). 18 June 2007.
UNESCO. "2007 UNESCO Literacy Prize winners announced." UNESCO. 16 July 2007.
2006
Diop, Papa Atoumane.
"Le prix « Anna Lindh » à 20 villages de la région de Kolda."
Le Soleil (Senegal). 28 September 2006.
Doyle, Leonard. "Independent Appeal: Child Slaves of Senegal Beg to Fill Their Master's Bowls."
The Independent
(UK).
19 December 2006.
Kanté, Moussa. "Cinquante-neuf villages de Bakel mettent fin à ces pratiques."
Le Matin (Senegal). 17 March 2006.
Sallah, Assan. "VP Njie-Saidy launches UNICEF-Tostan-Gov't project."
Daily Observer (The Gambia). 12 May 2006.
Sané, Babacar Bachir. "20ème déclaration d'abandon de l'excision : 59 communautés de Kidira et du Mali disent non."
Le Soleil (Senegal). 17 March 2006.
Sané, Babacar Bachir. "Une délégation Djiboutienne à Kidira : Pour une imprégnation de l'expérience sénégalaise."
Le Soleil (Senegal). 17 March 2006.
Sapp, Meghan. "Fight to End Mutilation Hits Gritty Juncture." Women's eNews. 20 February 2006.
Crawley, Mike. "Africa Spurns Female Circumcision."
The Christian Science Monitor. 5 April 2005.
Crowe, Sarah. "Rejecting the Cut."
Mail and Guardian (South Africa)
. 29 November 2005.
Kasdon, Louisa. "A Tradition No Longer: Rethinking Female Circumcision in Africa."
World & I. November/December, 2005.
Koenig, Shulamith. "Human Rights Cities: Learning about a Holistic and Practical Vision of Human Rights."
Human Rights Education
Issue 14. September, 2005.
Sané, Babacar Bashir. "Déclaration de Sédo Abbaas : 70 villages du Fouta disent non à la pratique de l'excision."
Le Soleil (Senegal). 18 November 2005.
Shaaban, Layla and Sarah Harbison. "Reaching the Tipping Point Against Female Genital Mutilation."
The Lancet. Vol. 366. 30 July 2005.
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