Since we began, our human rights-based education program has reached more than three million people, resulting in:
Women’s Empowerment
women have been selected into leadership positions in their communities
Health
people live in communities that publicly declared an end to female genital cuting
Child Marriage
communities that have publicly declared their daughters will not marry before they are 18
The Tostan Model
Our three-year non-formal education program puts rural communities in charge of their own futures. We help communities develop their own vision for development using an approach that is:
HUMAN RIGHTS BASED
Knowledge of human rights and responsibilities is the foundation for learning
RESPECTFUL & INCLUSIVE
Information is shared in a non-judgmental way
HOLISTIC & SUSTAINABLE
Program covers five key impact areas and has sustainability at its core
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Sparking change in North-East Senegal: 50 Communities Declare Abandonment of Harmful Practices in Diongto
On Sunday 13th May 2018 in Diongto, Senegal, 50 villages from the Matam region held a public ceremony to declare the abandonment of the traditional practices of Female Genital Cutting (FGC), Child Marriage and Forced Marriage. This moment marked a powerful social...
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Igniting a Movement of Peace from the Grassroots: Tostan and Partners launch Project USAID UNAAM KAYRAAY
On 12th May 2018, representatives from USAID, Partners Global, Tostan, Plateforme des Femmes pour la Paix en Casamance (PFPC), Partners West Africa and regional officials proudly launched the project ‘USAID UNAAM KAYRAAY’, or ‘Engaging Civil Society for Peace in the...
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An Integrated Approach Leads to Healthier, Empowered Mothers
On International Day to End Obstetric Fistula, Tostan Shares What Works Over the past few years, Tostan has enabled hundreds of women suffering from fistula to receive medical treatment at UNFPA fistula repair camps by covering some of the essential expenses involved...
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Nous étions ravis d'assister hier soir au #meetup de Deedo, la première plateforme globale de streaming musical #panafricain. Merci aux co-fondateurs et administrateurs, Awa Girard, Benoit Girard, Babylas Ndiaye et Nix pour leur chaleureux accueil.
Le partenariat entre Deedo et Tostan part d'une vision commune. Deedo souhaite contribuer à la réalisation de notre vision, la Dignité pout Tous, et reversera 5% des abonnements payants du service à Speak Up Africa Janghi Onlus et Tostan. Nous sommes fiers d'être l'une des ONG partenaires, bravo!
Abonnez-vous pour nous soutenir: deedo.io/ 🌍🎶
Deedo – Streaming Musical Pan Africain
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Vous souhaitez écouter le top des chansons du Sénégal, du Nigéria ou du Mali ? Avec l’application Deedo voyagez par pays et trouvez votre bonheur !Last night we joined Nix and other artists at the Deedo #meetup in Dakar. We are so excited to be one of three charity partners of the first global music streaming platform for Pan-African music.
'Deedo' refers to reciprocity: When you subscribe and choose Tostan, 5% of proceeds will go to support communities across West Africa to make positive change -- and you might just discover your new favourite artist or genre from the continent too!
Check it out and subscribe today: www.deedo.io/en/ 🎶🌍
At Tostan we witness 27 years of results: when communities lead their own development, and when women and girls are truly engaged, societies transform.
Watch our video to learn more about the women empowered to lead in the Gambia: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERdsj7akuGg&t=13s
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At the Tostan Training Center in Senegal, another "Promoting Community Wellbeing" training continues this week. Supported by the The Carter Center, religious leaders from NASFAT(Nasrul-Lahi-l-Fatih Society), a Muslim prayer group from Nigeria with over one million members, are learning how to use participatory, community-led and locally relevant approaches to achieve wellbeing in their own communities. Sending them some #MondayMotivation for their learning today!
For more on our training offer, click here: www.tostan.org/programs/tostan-training-center/
Félicitations à l'équipe de Koulikoro, Mali, qui engage les leaders religieux et locaux dans le mouvement pour l'abandon des violences basées sur le genre.
En impliquant les leaders dans un dialogue ouvert autour des droits humains et des conséquences néfastes de certaines pratiques traditionelles, comme l'excision, Tostan vise à instaurer un processus inclusif et participatif vers l'accéleration et la durabilité des décisions d'abandon de ces pratiques au Mali.
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Session de formation ce matin à koulikoro des leaders religieux des zones d’intervention de l’ONG TOSTAN sur l’accélération de l’abandon de l’excision et autres pratiques néfaste. La ren...JOIN US ON TWITTER
