Tostan received an 'Award in Action' by the Cécilia Attias Foundation for Women in 2012, recognizing their work in improving health systems and maternal care at a community level. In 2013, Molly Melching was honoured with a 'Women of Impact' award at the 4th Annual Women in the World Summit.

Insights from Tostan. By Diane Gillespie, Gannon Gillespie, and Molly Melching. 1 ◇ Case Study No. 5 of 5, CUSP 2018 Case Study Collection. The Approach.

December 4, 2008 2010-02-02 Molly Melching was honoured by The World’s Children’s Prize in 2017 for her 40-year struggle to end female genital cutting, child marriage and forced marriage. Molly and her organization Tostan train people using local languages, in a program based on human rights. Molly Melching, Founder and Creative Director, Tostan Effecting major social change often requires a fundamental shift in how communities are engaged to act differently. No organization reflects this understanding better than Tostan, a Senegal-based NGO. This year, Tostan celebrates 30 years!Molly Melching started Tostan in 1991 with 20 staff members working out of three rooms in her home in Thiès, Senegal, developing a curriculum and testing an approach that would prove to be transformational. Tostan is now an international organization with fiv On the occasion of International Women’s day 2020, we asked Molly Melching, founder of our partner organisation T ostan, to share her vision of equality and empowerment, recounting her experience of building a world of opportunity for all. Molly’s interview follows the interview of Safeena Husain, founder of E ducate Girls and will be followed by the interview with Debbie Aung, co-counder Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. Molly Melching is the founder and CEO of Tostan (meaning “breakthrough” in the Wolof language), a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) headquartered in Dakar, Senegal whose mission it is to empower African communities to bring about sustainable development and positive social transformation based on respect of human rights.

Molly and her organization Tostan train people using local languages, in a program based on human rights. Molly Melching was honoured by The World’s Children’s Prize in 2017 for her 40-year struggle to end female genital cutting, child marriage and forced marriage. Molly and her organization Tostan train people using local languages, in a program based on human rights. This year, Tostan celebrates 30 years!Molly Melching started Tostan in 1991 with 20 staff members working out of three rooms in her home in Thiès, Senegal, developing a curriculum and testing an approach that would prove to be transformational. Det är mer än 20 år sedan och i dag driver Molly Melching organisationen Tostan som genom utbildning på landsbygden motverkar omskärelse och tvångsgifte. Molly Melching is the Founder and Creative Director of Tostan. Having lived and worked in Senegal since 1974, Molly has received international recognition for her groundbreaking educational programs.

Molly Melching is the founder and Creative Director of Tostan (meaning "breakthrough" in the Wolof language), a non-governmental organization (NGO) headquartered in Dakar, Senegal whose mission it is to empower African communities to bring about sustainable development and positive social transformation based on respect of human rights.

Denver: It’s a delight to have you here. Give us a snapshot of Tostan’s mission. Molly Melching, Tostans grundare och ledare besöker Sverige i stort sett årligen för att möta organisationer och medlemmar som stödjer Tostans arbete. Arbetet i Tostan Sverige leds av en styrelse som, tillsammans med volontärer och ämnesspecifika experter, gör det möjligt att finansiera utbildningsprojekt samt sprida information om det framgångsrika arbetet i Afrika.

Description: Molly Melching of Tostan in Malicounda Bambara, Senegal, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the village's abandonment of female genital mutilation.: Date: July 2007: Source: Blue Gorilla, who at the time worked for Tostan France (that information has been added with his permission), uploaded the image to enwiki at 14:32, 9 November 2009, as File:Molly 10anniv.jpg.

r bokning denenhet. Föreläsning hållen den 11 maj 2011 på ABF-huset, Sveavägen Tostan Sverige on Twitter: "Kom och träffa Molly Melching .

123 likes · 48 talking about this. Molly Melching is the Founder and Creative Director of Tostan, a non-governmental organization (NGO) headquartered in Dakar, Senegal. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. On the occasion of International Women’s day 2020, we asked Molly Melching, founder of our partner organisation Tostan, to share her vision of gender equality and women’s empowerment.
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Her organization, Tostan, is credited with ending the 2,000 year old practice of the genital mutilation of girls in Senegal. Molly Melching: Founder of Tostan. When Molly Melching arrived as a graduate student in Senegal in 1974, it was her first time in Africa, but she "felt comfortable in this society that's people-centric," she says. She embraced Senegal History. Tostan was founded in 1991 by Molly Melching, an American educator and human rights advocate, with the original goal of providing non-formal holistic education programming to rural communities in Senegal.

2012-12-05 · Molly Melching will travel to Guinea-Bissau this month to witness a milestone moment. Villages in the west African state with which Melching's organisation, Tostan, has been working, will make Title: Eng molly melching, Author: World's Children's Prize, Name: Eng molly melching, Length: 21 pages, Page: 1, Published: 2016-04-16 Issuu company logo Issuu 2015-07-26 · Molly Melching of Tostan: Dignity for All. Report. Browse more videos.
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Tostan's Molly Melching, for one, is optimistic that many of these girls can be reached, and predicts that. FGM/C abandonment will accelerate as the process gains.

År 2013 tog Molly Melching emot 'Women of Impact' under det fjärde årliga Women in the World Summit. År 2002 tog Melching emot Sargent Shriver Distinguished Humanitarian Award från den amerikanska fredskårens by Molly Melching, Tostan Founder and Creative Director. West Africa is experiencing a quiet, two-pronged social earthquake: rural women in traditionally patriarchal societies are running for and 2010-02-02 · Molly Melching, Founder and Executive Director of Tostan, discusses Senegal’s National Action Plan to end Female Genital Cutting by 2015. The plan, launched on February 18, 2010, is a great moment for Tostan, as it is based on our human-rights approach to community empowerment. Molly Melching of Tostan in 2007 in Malicounda Bambara, Senegal, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the village's abandonment of female genital mutilation. Date: 2007: Source: Uploaded to enwiki in 2009 by Blue Gorilla as en:File:Molly 10anniv.jpg.