Since we began, our human rights-based education program has reached more than five million people across eight African countries.
Women’s Empowerment
women have been selected into leadership positions in their communities, with many running for public office
Health
people live in communities that publicly declared their intention to end female genital cutting
Child Marriage
communities have publicly declared that their daughters will not marry before the age of 18
The Tostan Model
Our three-year, non-formal education program puts rural communities in charge of their own futures. We support our partner communities to define and fulfill their own vision for wellbeing, allowing them to create positive and lasting social transformation. Our approach is:
HUMAN RIGHTS BASED
Knowledge of human rights and responsibilities forms the foundation for learning
RESPECTFUL & INCLUSIVE
Information is shared in a non-judgmental and participatory way, using local languages
HOLISTIC & SUSTAINABLE
The program has impact across multiple issues, with sustainability at its core
Ndéye Fatou’s Story: Walk On My Own
In Walk On My Own, 13-year-old Ndeye Fatou Fall tells the story of her community in Senegal and the social transformation they have sparked to end harmful practices and ensure education, self-determination and wellbeing for girls and women.
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500 Communities in Rural Senegal to Benefit from New Partnership in the Wake of COVID-19
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System Change 3rd Webinar
Scaling Systems Change Local Leadership for Global Transformation Tuesday, September 29 8AM PTD / 11 AM ETD / 3 PM GMT Tostan CEO Elena Bonometti hosts an interactive conversation with Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr Obe of Freetown, Sierra Leone. Her 3-year...
Tostan Annual Report 2019
Tostan 2019 Annual Report is now available. Our many strong partnerships and solid accomplishments ground us as Tostan continues forward in our mission despite unprecedented challenges. The pandemic and the associated disruptions have highlighted the...
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[WEBINAR] Tostan's next webinar of its series of three is happening next Tuesday, 9/29 at 3PM GMT 🗓️
In the first of the series on Systems Change, Tostan CEO Elena Bonometti hosted an interactive conversation with two recognized ecosystem weavers, Sybil Chidiac and Sanjay Purohit, on the techniques and technologies that lead to multi-sectoral and scaffolded systems change across regions. Follow our #youtube channel to know more about this first event that happened last May.
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Scaling Systems Change: Co-creating the Way, Thursday, May 7, 2020 Tostan CEO Elena Bonometti hosts an interactive conversation with two recognized ecosystem...[TO ALL THE US FEDERAL EMPLOYEES]
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[WEBINAR] "We needed to talk with people, not at people. We needed to work with the community influencers so people believed our message. We needed to be talking under the mango tree, not through loudspeakers. " - Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr Mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone, during her TEDWomen in 2019.
Listen to inspiring Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr on how to turn our dissatisfaction into action and know a bit more about the background of the panelist we are happy to welcome at our next webinar on 9/29.
To hear more of such great thoughts on leadership, register here: mailchi.mp/tostan.org/nye2qvkmyu.
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Systems Change Webinar Series #3
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Scaling Systems Change Local Leadership for Global Transformation Tuesday, September 29 8AM PTD / 11 AM ETD / 3 PM GMT[WEBINAR] Meet the recognized ecosystem weaver, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr Mayor of Freetown, panelist of the #webinar Tostan is hosting on 09/29 on Local Leadership that leads to Global Transformation 🌍
Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE was sworn in as Mayor of #Freetown in May 2018 with a commitment to #TransformFreetown using an inclusive, data-driven approach to address challenges in the city. A finance professional with over 25 years of private sector experience Mayor Aki-Sawyerr’s public sector engagement began with her work as the Director of Planning at the National Ebola Response Centre during the Ebola epidemic of 2014-2015.
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[WEBINAR] Join us on September 22 & 23 at the World Humanitarian Forum with Elena Bonometti, #Tostan CEO!
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