The INFO Project Blog

On February 6th, I attended a great symposium titled, “Lessons Learned from over a Decade of Evaluating Approaches to Encourage the Abandonment of FGM/C”, organized by Population Council’s Frontiers Project. The Symposium highlighted the evaluation of a number of interventions throughout the last 10 years, highlighting work done by Tostan.

The Population Council’s FRONTIERS Program has documented 10 lessons to successfully bring about change in the practice of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). They include:

1. Define goals and indicators of project interventions. Read the rest of this entry »

Tostan’s latest news alert reveals a growing movement for health and human rights in West Africa. All 909 communities in Tambacounda in Southeastern Senegal have declared their abandonment of female genital cutting (FGC) and child /forced marriage.

At an event on Sunday, January 14th, 4,000 community members and leaders gathered to declare “From today forward, this practice no longer has a place in our communities.” Read the rest of this entry »