Press Coverage
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 (in French) 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 » (in French) by Bacary Dabo, AllAfrica Sénégal: Kolda/Paix et Securité – Tostan renforce les capacités des membres des comités de paix (in French) by Abdou Diao, AllAfrica
January 2017
by Rakotomalala, Global Voices
December 2016
by Colleen Curry, Global Citizen
by Kathy LeMay and Suzanne Bowles, Inside Philanthropy
by Kieran Guilbert, Reuters
by Kari Mirkin, Idealist Careers
by Ana Morales, PSI Impact
November 2016
by Jacki Zehner, LinkedIn Influencers
by Brenna Matendere, The Zimbabwean
October 2016
by Issa Sikiti Da Silva, Sifa News
by Amon Rappaport, Green Biz
by Kate Whittington, Girls Not Brides
September 2016
by Professor Diana Tietjens Meyers, The Critique
August 2016
by Diane Priestley, 50 Connect
July 2016
by Ginanne Brownell Mitic, The Wall Street Journal
by Laura Jarriel, UN Multimedia
by Joya Taft-Dick, Global Citizen
June 2016
by Abdou Rahman Sallah, The Point
by Momodou Jawo, Daily Observer
Girls Not Brides
May 2016
by Julia Lalla-Maharajh, TEDxLondonBusinessSchool
by Anne-Marie Slaughter, Financial Times
by Mia Holmgren, Dagens Hyheter
by Marilla Steuter-Martin, CBC News
by Paul Sullivan, The New York Times
by Jason Parker, The Forum on Women at The Carter Center
by Sandro Galea, Boston University School of Public Health
April 2016
by Kate Whittington, Girls Not Brides
by Courtney Martin, The Guardian
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
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
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
Au Mali, L’excision Une Plaie Ouverte (in French)
by Seydou Kone, Libnanews
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
Voice and Agency: Empowering women and girls for shared prosperity
April 2014
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
by Helen Vesperini, The New Age
by Helen Vesperini, Digital Journal
by Julia Lalla-Maharajh, Huffington Post
February 2014
by Rémy Pigaglio, La Croix
International Center for Research on Women / Girls Not Brides
by Molly Melching, Thomson Reuters Foundation
by Julia Lalla-Maharajh, DFID Blog
UNICEF West and Central Africa
by Claire Hédon, RFI: Priorité santé
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
by Marine Casaux-Bussière, Excision, Parlons-en!
January 2014
by American Library Association’s Social Responsibility Round Table, Amelia Bloomer Project
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
by Emily Bosworth, The Little Market
Gambia: 38 Communities in URR Abandon FGC, Others
by Momodou Jawo, All Africa
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
Agence de Presse de Sénégalaise
by Dr. Ari Johnson, Dowser
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
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
by Camille Sarret, excision, parlons-en!
November 2013
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
by Molly Melching, Thomson Reuters Foundation
by Julia Lalla-Maharajh, Urban Times
by Boubacar Tamba, Sud Quotidien
by Dia Abdoulaye, Nouakchott Info Quotidien
September 2013
by Boubacar Dembo Tamba, Tambacounda.info
by Jacki Zehner, LinkedIn
FHI 360, Women Deliver and Johnson & Johnson
by Laura Dunn, Huffington Post
September 2013
by Kari Mirkin, Idealist Careers
by Halvor Ripegutu, Bergens Tidende
by Eivind Algrøy, Velsignet Helg
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
by Serigne Mansour Sy Cisse, Le Soleil
by Molly Melching, Disruptive Women in Health Care
by Judith Welikala, The Telegraph
by Misha Hussain, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Female genital mutilation: Africa’s curse on women
by Jennifer Lazuta, Africa in Fact
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
Radio France Internationale
by Alagi F. S. Sora, Foroyaa Newspaper
by Mohamedou Abou Diop, Cridem
Gambia: 21 Sarahuleh Communities Abandon FGM in URR
by Momodou Faal and Momodou Jawo, The Daily Observer
by Sabine Panet, Axelle HS
by Sabine Panet, Axelle HS
June 2013
by Elizabeth Bibb Binder and Kirk Kramer, The Bridgespan Group
by Courtney E. Martin, Stanford Social Innovation Review
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
by Lamin Fatty, Foroyaa Newspaper
Gambia: Anti-FGM Crusade Gaining Momentum
Gambia: 42 Communities in URR Drop Knife
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
by Mohamed Sylla, Kankan Radio
May 2013
WNYC: The Leonard Lopate Show
by Anna Davis, London Evening Standard
by Anna Davis, London Evening Standard
by Bob Edwards, XM Satellite Radio
by Anna Davis, London Evening Standard
May 2013
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
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
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
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
by Laurinda Luffman , SOS Children
by Lizzie Crocker, The Daily Beast
by Liz Ford, The Guardian
by Catherine Porter, The Star
February 2013
by Erica Kochi, TechCrunch
by G.D. Zaney, Government of Ghana Official Website
by Awa Diédhiou, West Africa Democracy Radio
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
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
by Emma Batha, TrustLaw
November 2012
Gambia: BSAC Chairman Says Gambia Is Exemplary in Youth Empowerment
by Momodou Jawo, The Daily Observer
October 2012
by Monica Karlstein, Aftonbladet
HarperOne and the Skoll Foundation Announce Partnership to Publish co-branded Stories of Social Change
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
by Rachelle Dragani, Media Global
August 2012
Tostan, Unicef changing lives in Upper River Region
by Sainey MK Marenah, The Standard
July 2012
by Molly Melching, The Huffington Post
June 2012
Somaliland: FGM is not an Islamic Religion Obligations
by Yusuf M. Hasan, Somaliland Media
by Shiine Cilmi Kaahin, Dalmar Media
by Ellen McGirt, Fast Company
by Cécilia Attias, The Huffington Post
April 2012
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
by Molly Melching, Population Connection’s The Reporter
by Mikaela Conley, ABC News
Nigeria: Celebrating Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Cutting
by Rose Moses, Daily Champion
January 2012
by Aisha Nicole Davis, Gender & Sexuality Law Online
by Sharon D’Agostino, The Huffington Post
The Global Journal
December 2011
by Rina Jimenez-David, Philippine Daily Inquirer
by Rina Jimenez-David, Philippine Daily Inquirer
November 2011
by Jean Faraca, Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Wisconsin Public Radio
October 2011
by Celia W. Dugger, The New York Times
July 2011
by Fred de Sam Lazaro, Tom Adair and Nikki See, PBS Religion and Ethics Newsweekly
June 2011
by Cynthia Gorney, National Geographic
by Candida Crewe, Financial Times
March 2011
Newsweek, The Daily Beast
by Dr. Richard Besser, ABC News
October 2010
by Kwame Anthony Appiah, The New York Times