Press Coverage
September 2020
August 2020
July 2020
Ending Female Genital Cutting, Julia Lalla-Maharahj, Orchid Project
October 2019
Global Voices: Interview with Molly Melching, World Bank, Annual Meetings 2019
September 2019
Melinda Gates: What she’s learned, Christian Science Monitor
April 2019
Skoll World Forum 2019 | Unlocking Systems-Level Change, by Natalie Rekstad of Black Fox Philanthropy Tostan hold Peace and Security inter-zonal meetings for ten villages in Jimara, GRTS News Broadcast
Mentoring: How it Begins, by Diane Gillespie, Thrive Global
Melinda Gates pairs her reading and her travel, by Amy Sutherland, Boston Globe
March 2019
BBC Afrique radio report on the International Women’s Day celebration at MAF Liberté 6 and Tostan’s Prison Project (in French), by Zaïnabou Hassane.
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Småskaliga företag hoppet för ökad framtidstro i Senegal (in Swedish) by Mia Holmgren, Dagens Nyheter, Sweden
February 2019
ByKids: Walk on My Own, PBS
January 2019
‘Gambia cannot develop fully if…’ – The Point, The Gambia
POV speakers to illuminate global women’s issues at Family of Women film festival – Idaho Mountain Express, USA
December 2018
Tambacounda : En caravane, Tostan sensibilise pour l’abandon de l‘excision et du mariage des enfants (in French) – Echo Oriental, Senegal
September 2018
Sensibilisation contre l’excision : acteurs et journalistes en tournée à Matam (in French) – APS, Senegal
July 2018
L’ONG Tostan sensibilise contre l’excision et les mariages précoces à Tambacounda – APS, Senegal
Access to family planning in Senegal by Amy Yee, The Lancet
June 2018
Koulikoro: L’ONG TOSTAN et les leaders religieux de ses Zones d’intervention en conclave sur l’accélération de l’abandon des violences basées sur le genre by nayte, Meguetan INFOS, Mali
Tostan disburses over D800, 000 to 30 URR communities by Momodou Jawo, The Point, the Gambia
May 2018
Modernisation des “Daaras”’ : La bid promet 32 milliards CFA au PAMOD (inspecteur) – APS, Senegal
«Derrière les mariages précoces, il y a un besoin d’ascension sociale» by Abou A. Diack from Tostan-Fouta, SeneNews
April 2018
50 villages de Matam abandonnent la pratique de l’excision – RTS, Senegal
March 2018
Tostan holds URR TAC members seminar by Momodou Jawo, The Point, the Gambia
Koulikoro : L’ONG TOSTAN s’active pour l’abandon de l’excision ! – Ziré infos, Mali
February 2018
Interview : Deedo au SXSW by Régina Sambou, Africulturelle
Tostan international CEO ends Gambia visits by Momodou Jawo, The Point, the Gambia
Tostan featured on Global Impact
International experience inspires students to make change in the world – UW-Eau Claire News Bureau, USA
December 2017
6 Experts to Watch on Female Genital Mutilation by Jihii Jolly, News Deeply: Women & Girls
November 2017
Senegal-Based Non-Profit Working Toward The Elimination Of Female Genital Mutilation – GirlTalkHQ
Africa: Senegal Leading the Fight to End FGM in Africa by Patrick Egwu, AllAfrica
A Mission to Stop Genital Cutting by Amy Yee, New York Times International Weekly
A Senegal-based humanitarian group helps African communities reject harmful practices against women by Ann M. Simmons, LA Times
October 2017
Molly Melching on more than 40 years of human rights work in Africa – AirTalk KPCC
August 2017
African Communities Work Together to End Female Genital Cutting by Felicity Simpson Morfey, News Deeply: Women & Girls
Philanthropy vs. Patriarchy: Emily Nielsen Jones and the Fight on Faith by Kiersten Marek, Inside Philanthropy
July 2017
She arrived in Senegal 43 years ago – and is still there working on social issues by Amy Yee, The Christian Science Monitor
Dix artistes africains qui s’engagent pour le continent by Bertrand Lavaine, RFI Musique
June 2017
Child Marriage and Religion by Daniella Wilson, Skeptic Society Magazine
May 2017
Honour for adults who fight for children’s rights by Nicola Daniels, IOL
The Ultimate Fixer — Ending a Thousand-year-old Tradition by Johanna Hallin, Medium – Inter Buisness
Rupi Kaur, Financial abuse, Swimming Suffragettes by Jane Garvey, BBC Radio 4
April 2017
Here’s What You Need To Know About The Global Fight To End Female Genital Mutilation by Ikran Dahir, Buzzfeed
March 2017
6 ways to support women and girls all year round by Lauren Padilla, USA Today College
#BeBoldForChange: Promising practices to tackle early marriage by Katharine Bryant, The Global Slavery Index
February 2017
Sénégal: Actrices du développement – Des pas fermes dans l’autonomisation des femmes by Mamadou Moustapha Fall, AllAfrica
A New Approach to Gender-Lens Grantmaking – Stanford Social Innovation Review
Sénégal: Vers l’édification de « Collectivités locales amies des enfants » by Bacary Dabo, AllAfrica
Sénégal: Kolda/Paix et Securité – Tostan renforce les capacités des membres des comités de paix by Abdou Diao, AllAfrica
January 2017
December 2016
November 2016
October 2016
September 2016
Contesting Female Genital Cutting In Africa: Successful Strategies & Future Hopes by Professor Diana Tietjens Meyers, The Critique
August 2016
July 2016
June 2016
Tostan’s Intervention in URR Reduced Early, Forced Marriage by Momodou Jawo, Daily Observer
May 2016
Ghanaian Counselor Wants Pupils to Know Their Rights by Jason Parker, The Forum on Women at The Carter Center
April 2016
March 2016
February 2016
by Rajesh Mirchandani, Center for Global Development
by Elliot Friedland, The Clarion Project
by Molly Melching, Council on Foreign Relations
West African Democracy Radio
by Julia Lalla-Maharajh, Population Council
January 2016
by Courtney Martin, Medium
November 2015
October 2015
Bill Clinton receives human rights award in Connecticut
By Susan Haigh, Associated Press
July 2015
May 2015
by Melinda Gates, Upworthy
February 2015
by Lotta Härdelin, Dagens Nyheter
by Catherine Russell, Huffington Post
December 2014
by Mouhamed Cherif Diop, Christian Science Monitor
by Carolyn Kylstra, Buzzfeed
Philanthropy isn’t just for the wealthy
November 2014
October 2014
by Molly Melching, Huffington Post
August 2014
by Julia Lalla-Maharajh, Skoll World Forum
by Raecine Williams, Business Research Guide
July 2014
by Geraldine Bedell, Huffington Post
June 2014
by Jeff Bradach, Stanford Social Innovation Review
by Geraldine Bedell, FT Magazine
May 2014
by Craig and Marc Kielburger, Huffington Post Impact Canada
May 2014
by Molly Melching, Stanford Social Innovation Review
by Geraldine Bedell, Huffington Post
April 2014
Jordmor: Omskjæring er unødvendig lidelse (in Norwegian)
Notes from Senegal: My American Jewish World Service Study Tour Experience
by Cheryl Peress, American Jewish World Service Blog
by Aliou Bassoum, Centraider
March 2014
by Joya Taft-Dick and Sandie Taylor, The Guardian
by Molly Melching, Huffington Post Global Motherhood Blog
by Eva Dalekant, UNICEF Sweden
by Jacki Zehner, LinkedIn
February 2014
by Ruth Messinger, Huffington Post Impact
Opposition grows to extreme genital mutilation
by Helen Vesperini, The New Age
by Helen Vesperini, Digital Journal
Molly Melching honored in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences’ Gallery of Excellence
by Julia Lalla-Maharajh, Huffington Post
February 2014
Mali Communities Renounce Female Circumcision
by Rémy Pigaglio, La Croix
International Center for Research on Women / Girls Not Brides
by Molly Melching, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Mali Communities Denounce Female Genital Cutting
by Julia Lalla-Maharajh, DFID Blog
UNICEF West and Central Africa
by Claire Hédon, RFI: Priorité santé
Mali communities denounce female genital cutting
by Baba Ahmed, Associated Press
by Rémi Barroux, Le Monde
by Habibou Kouyate, Maliactu
by David Baché, Le Figaro
by Stephanie Le Lievre, Think Press Africa
February 2014
3 questions à… Khalidou Sy de Tostan Sénégal (in French)
by Marine Casaux-Bussière, Excision, Parlons-en!
January 2014
by American Library Association’s Social Responsibility Round Table, Amelia Bloomer Project
Déclaration publique d’abandon de l’excision et des mariages précoces et forcés à Labé (in French)
Labé : des communautés s’engagent à abandonner l’excision et les mariages précoces et forcés (in French)
by Abdoulaye Cissé, Guinée Diversité
by David Alport, Office of the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Financing the Health Millennium Development Goals and for Malaria
by Charlotte Fouilleron, Femme Actuelle
Recommended Reading: However Long the Night
by Emily Bosworth, The Little Market
Gambia: 38 Communities in URR Abandon FGC, Others
by Momodou Jawo, All Africa
38 Communities in URR Abandon FGC, Others
by Momodou Jawo, Daily Observer
by Carine Frenk, Radio France Internationale
by Priya Shetty, Bulletin of the World Health Organization
December 2013
by Jacki Zehner, Linkedin
Bignona : marche pour l’abandon des violences faites aux enfants, lundi (in French)
Agence de Presse de Sénégalaise
Designed to Arrive Early: How We Can Save the Lives of Millions of Children
by Dr. Ari Johnson, Dowser
From Malala to the MDGs: 2013 has been a huge year for girls
Mali: Child Mortality Reduced Tenfold in Mali Pilot Healthcare Scheme
by Misha Hussain, All Africa
by Misha Hussain, Thomson Reuters Foundation
December 2013
by Jennifer Lazuta, Voice of America
by Donald G. McNeil Jr., The New York Times
by Marissa Miley, Global Post
Mali: Find the Child, Treat Them Early – Message From Mali
BBC World Service NewsDay
by Ari Johnson, Impatient Optimists
by Molly Melching, Huffington Post Global Motherhood Blog
New films bring community voices to the forefront on Human Rights Day 2013
by Suloshinij Ahanath, The Star Online
November 2013
by Timothy La Rose, UNICEF
by Lucy Adams, BBC Radio Scotland
by Anita Raj, The Lancet Global Health Blog
Culture and Institutional Reform: Reflections from time in The Gambia
Santé publique au Mali et prise de conscience du danger de l’excision (in French)
by Camille Sarret, excision, parlons-en!
A short guide to understanding female genital cutting
by Tania Beard, Dalberg Blog
Morgan Stanley’s Perspectives in Philanthropy (p. 20-22)
October 2013
by Gannon Gillespie, Impatient Optimists
by Gannon Gillespie, The Huffington Post
by Mamadou Sakhir Ndiaye, Press Afrik
BBC World Service Newsday
Why we need a Comprehensive Approach to Girls’ Education
by Molly Melching, Thomson Reuters Foundation
How Female Genital Cutting is Ending
by Julia Lalla-Maharajh, Urban Times
by Boubacar Tamba, Sud Quotidien
by Dia Abdoulaye, Nouakchott Info Quotidien
September 2013
Goudiry : Tostan outille ses superviseurs et facilitateurs sur l’approche genre (in French)
by Boubacar Dembo Tamba, Tambacounda.info
What does it mean to have IMPACT?
by Jacki Zehner, LinkedIn
FHI 360, Women Deliver and Johnson & Johnson
by Laura Dunn, Huffington Post
September 2013
by Kari Mirkin, Idealist Careers
VIDEO: Interview with Molly Melching on SVT Aktuellt (at 0:33:40) (in English and Swedish)
by Halvor Ripegutu, Bergens Tidende
by Eivind Algrøy, Velsignet Helg
Må endre sosiale normer (in Norwegian)
by Kim Arne Hammerstad, STUDVEST.no
by Ida W. Bergstrøm , På HØYDEN
August 2013
by Brittany Koteles, Dowser
by Aisha Davis, The World Justice Project
by Abdoulaye Dia et Mohamedou Abou Diop, Cridem
by Devan Strebing, The Commercial News
by Gannon Gillespie, The Guardian
by Rajasvini Bhansali, Stanford Social Innovation Review
Mariama SARR, ministre de la femme : « L’excision est une pratique qu’il faut bannir » (in French)
by Serigne Mansour Sy Cisse, Le Soleil
by Molly Melching, Disruptive Women in Health Care
MOLLY MELCHING : « On ne peut pas mesurer réellement les résultats de l’abandon de l’excision au Sénégal » (in French)
by Judith Welikala, The Telegraph
by Misha Hussain, Thomson Reuters Foundation
July 2013
by Misha Hussain, Thomson Reuters Foundation
by Celia W. Dugger, The New York Times
by Massoud Hayoun, Al Jazeera America
by Tina Rosenberg, The New York Times
by Abby Stewart, Borgen Magazine
Revue de Presse Africaine (at 00:24:00) (in French)
Radio France Internationale
21 URR Communities Abandon FGC
by Alagi F. S. Sora, Foroyaa Newspaper
by Mohamedou Abou Diop, Cridem
June 2013
by Elizabeth Bibb Binder and Kirk Kramer, The Bridgespan Group
by Courtney E. Martin, Stanford Social Innovation Review
Molly Melching, de l’ong TOSTAN : « Les systèmes sociaux sénégalais peuvent servir de modèles à d’autres pays » (in French)
by Mamadou Guèye, Le Soleil
by Sandee Brawarsky, The Jewish Week
June 2013
by Melinda Gates, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
by Molly Melching, Skoll World Forum
42 Communities Declare Stopping FGC & Child Marriage
by Lamin Fatty, Foroyaa Newspaper
Why Redefining Masculinity is the Key to Preventing Violence
by The Skoll Foundation, YouTube
by Olga Khazan, The Atlantic
by Laura Fabiani, Library of Clean Reads
by Nathalie Barge, La Voix d’Amérique
by Molly Melching, Huff Post Global Motherhood
by Elizabeth Dyck Jones, 5MinutesforBooks.com
by Nando Cabral Gomis, Sud Quotidien
Déclaration publique sur d’abandon de l’excision et des mariages précoces forcés (in French)
by Mohamed Sylla, Kankan Radio
May 2013
Molly Melching Helping African Women and Girls
WNYC: The Leonard Lopate Show
by Anna Davis, London Evening Standard
President Clinton to Deliver Key Note Speech at Segal Family Foundation Annual Meeting
by Anna Davis, London Evening Standard
by Bob Edwards, XM Satellite Radio
by Anna Davis, London Evening Standard
May 2013
Changing Minds in Senegal to Protect Girls From Genital Cutting
by Fred de Sam Lazaro, PBS NewsHour: The Rundown
by Louis Altman, Nonprofit Quarterly
by Pamela Dockins, Voice of America
by Melinda Gates, Impatient Optimists
Voice of America – Somalia
Architecting solutions as an outsider
by Courtney Martin, Solutions Journalism Network
by Doug Hergert, Rossmoor News
by Aimee Molloy, Sojourners
April 2013
by Courtney E. Martin, Stanford Social Innovation Review
by Pierre Pratley, Global Gender Current
Senegal recorded over 5,550 FGM/C abandonment declarations so far
Honoring women of 2013’s impact: ” 5 OF THE BRAVEST WOMEN ON EARTH”
by Women in the World, Women in the World
by Women in the World, Women in the World
by Aimee Molloy, Newsweek
March 2013
by Jaclyn Fulwood, Shelf Awareness
by Fola Onifade, The Daily Pennsylvanian
Authorities in Guinea- Bissau commit to taking the Domestic Violence law proposal to the National Assembly
by UN Women Blog, UN Women
by Lynne Featherstone, UK Minister Lynne Featherstone: Blog
by Fay Schlesinger, The Times
by Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor
by Molly Melching, The Daily Beast
Abandoning FGM and child marriage in Senegal and Africa
by Laurinda Luffman , SOS Children
by Lizzie Crocker, The Daily Beast
by Liz Ford, The Guardian
by Catherine Porter, The Star
February 2013
Senegal rap star says stop ‘cutting’ our girls
by Erica Kochi, TechCrunch
Tostan Must Help End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting In Ghana
by G.D. Zaney, Government of Ghana Official Website
Interview Radio : L’abandon de l’excision : Tostan, une approche qui libère les femmes à travers l’éducation (en français)
by Awa Diédhiou, West Africa Democracy Radio
Lynne Featherstone, Minister for International Development, Speaks Out Against FGC
by Sophie McBain, Spear’s
by Ryan Lenora Brown & Amy Fallon, The Christian Science Monitor
February 2013
Gambia: Zero Tolerance of Mutilation
by Ryan Lenora Brown & Amy Fallon, The Christian Science Monitor
by Courtney E. Martin, The New York Times
Celebrate Solutions: Improving Literacy and Driving Change Through SMS Text Messaging
by Rati Bishnoi, Women Deliver
January 2013
by Molly Melching, The Huffington Post
by Will Ross , BBC Radio 4 Today
by Kristine Dahl, Publishers Weekly
by Laura Coleman, Beverly Hills Courrier
December 2012
by Sally Farhat Kassab, Skoll Foundation
by Donald A. Collins, Network for Church Monitoring
by Baruch Ben Chorin, NBC New: World News Online
NGOs mull impact of UN call for global ban on FGM
by Lisa Anderson, TrustLaw
Africa: How Social Entrepreneurs Tap Africa’s Greatest Resource
by Sally Osberg, Financial Times’ This is Africa: A Global Perspective
Gambia: 21 Communities in URR Abandon FGM
by Momodou Jawo, The Daily Observer
by Sally Farhat Kassab, Skoll Foundation
Gambia: 21 URR Communities Vow to Abandon Forced Marriages and FGC
by Liz Ford, Produced by Claudine Spera, The Guardian
by Liz Ford, The Guardian
Senegal will be first country to end female genital cutting – campaigner
by Emma Batha, TrustLaw
October 2012
by Monica Karlstein, Aftonbladet
HarperOne and the Skoll Foundation Announce Partnership to Publish co-branded Stories of Social Change
Molly Melching Memoir Leads New HarperOne Partnership
by Jason Boog, Media Bistro
by Kristin Kloberdanz, Take Part
September 2012
by Kate Grant, The Huffington Post
Gambia: ‘Gov’t Development Priorities Top in Tostan Agenda’
by Momodou Jawo, The Daily Observer
by Sabine Panet, Femmes d’Aujourdhui
Using Culture to Change Culture
by Rachelle Dragani, Media Global
August 2012
July 2012
by Molly Melching, The Huffington Post
Public Declaration Abandonment of All Forms of FGC
June 2012
Somaliland: FGM is not an Islamic Religion Obligations
by Yusuf M. Hasan, Somaliland Media
NGO Tostan organized a social mobilization event for FGC abandonment
by Shiine Cilmi Kaahin, Dalmar Media
URR, The Gambia – ‘Or Chid’ Project gives 5 motorbikes to Tostan
by Ellen McGirt, Fast Company
by Cécilia Attias, The Huffington Post
April 2012
Tostan Impressed with Gambia Interventions
by Alieu Ceesay, The Daily Observer
April 2012
by Carol Strickland, The Christian Science Monitor
March 2012
Newsweek, The Daily Beast
by Jesse Ellison, The Daily Beast
by Tina Brown, The Daily Beast
by Marcia G. Yerman, The Huffington Post
MSNBC Andrea Mitchell Reports
by Molly Melching and Cristina Bicchieri, Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship
by Christina Hoff Sommers, National Review Online
February 2012
by Sarah Boseley, The Guardian
by Nina Lakhani, The Independent
by Julia Lalla-Maharajh, The Huffington Post
by Kate Grant, The Huffington Post
by Sister Fa, The Guardian
by Jessica Mack, RH Reality Check
Change from Within: Youth Leading Movement for the Abandonment of Child marriage in The Gambia
by Molly Melching, Population Connection’s The Reporter
by Mikaela Conley, ABC News
January 2012
December 2011
Tostan Founder Molly Melching named one of the “Most Powerful Women in Women’s Rights” Forbes Magazine
November 2011
Radio Interview with Tostan Founder Molly Melching by Jean Faraca, Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Wisconsin Public Radio
October 2011
July 2011
June 2011
March 2011
Molly Melching named one of the “150 Women Who Shake the World” Newsweek, The Daily Beast
October 2010
