Earlier this year, Girls Not Brides sponsored six members from sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia to learn from Tostan’s community-empowerment programme, particularly about how they had successfully adapted the programme to address child marriage...
With a firm belief in dignity for all, Tostan implements programs across West Africa to support the most vulnerable communities in their quests for well-being and community development. Our flagship program, the Community Empowerment Program (CEP), is a three-year...
The crowd bursts into laughter as minors at the Diourbel prison in Senegal present a skit, with interjections from local actor and comedian Sonokho. The young detainees are using humor to tell the somber story of a father who, abandoned by his wife is left to care for...
Introducing: the first story of the Breakthrough Generation. 25 stories for 25 years, on the path of human dignity. In this film, three families in Mali discuss their decision to keep their daughters in school–saying no the child...
Day One—As 2015 comes to a close, drummers, government officials and community members line the dusty road. Smiles, music, and salutations surround the more than 350 youth walking together, slowly, across the Gambian Upper River Region (URR). Visible...
