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At #CIES2026 🌍, one message stands out: education 📚 is key to building peaceful 🕊️, resilient 💪 societies. Learning in local languages 🗣️ strengthens collective intelligence 🧠 and helps communities prevent conflict ⚖️ and GBV 🚫. #EducationForPeace #GlobalLearning

How can communities turn leadership into action to address gender-based violence?Through the ACT project with UN Women in Senegal & The Gambia, Tostan has supported 27 local organizations 🏢 and 150+ activists to strengthen advocacy and lead community initiatives to prevent GBV.

A new month is another opportunity to celebrate the strength, ideas, and leadership within communities. 🌿✨ At Tostan, we are proud to accompany communities as they turn their vision of well-being into action. 🤝🌍 #NewMonth #CommunityLeadership #Tostan #PositiveChange

🌸 Happy Easter! This Easter, we celebrate hope, renewal, and the strength of communities coming together. May this season inspire joy, peace, and collective growth in every corner of Senegal and beyond. #HappyEaster #Tostan #CommunityEmpowerment #PositiveChange

Happy Independence Day, Senegal! 🇸🇳 Today, we celebrate the spirit, resilience, and shared vision of Senegalese communities. Together, we continue building a brighter, more empowered future. #SenegalIndependenceDay #Tostan #CommunityEmpowerment

From overcrowded prison walls to inspiring thousands of women and girls. Through education in her own language, she rebuilt her confidence and purpose and now helps others imagine new possibilities.✨ A powerful story. facebook.com/reel/165268634… 🌍

Want to see Tostan in action? All the links you need are here 👇 tostan.org/all-our-links/

Action is not a moment ⚡ It’s a shift you can see & feel 👀💫 A woman speaks, a family chooses dialogue, a community stands together 🤝 In Tostan communities, women don’t wait for change they lead it 🌟🇸🇳 #WhenSheLeads #Tostan #GenderEquality

🌙 Happy Eid from all of us at Tostan! May this special season bring happiness, harmony, and hope to your home. 💛 #EidJoy #CelebrateTogether #CommunityCelebration #SpreadLoveAndLight #TogetherWeCelebrate

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📢 Estamos contratando! A Tostan procura um consultor PEAS para apoiar o treinamento de proteção de equipes e comunidades. Envie CV: hr@tostan.org | Assunto: Consultor – PEAS 📍 Guiné-Bissau #Proteção #Tostan

📢 We’re hiring! Tostan seeks a PEAS consultant to support safeguarding training for staff & communities. Apply now: hr@tostan.org | Subject: Consultant – PEAS 📍 Guinea-Bissau #Safeguarding #Tostan

At the upcoming Hearth Summit in Kenya 🇰🇪, organized by Axum with The Wellbeing Project, Carina Ndiaye will reflect on how frontline changemakers can sustain their work and wellbeing.

As global conversations highlight the importance of locally led development, their role deserves greater attention.

Who sustains real change in communities? Often, it’s not the most visible actors.

In Senegal, incarceration for women can be a double sentence ⚖️. In this @NPR feature, @RicciShryock explores how education 📷 is helping women rebuild their lives. npr.org/.../g-s.../pri…

💬 “There are women who leave prison and are not welcomed by their families. Often they return to crime and end up back in prison. Families and communities should have a mentality of pardoning and helping.”

Read the full evaluation report here: tostan.org/wp-content/upl…

As women’s rights are widely discussed this month, the evidence points to a simple truth: Awareness is the first step toward protection and equality. #CommunityLedChange #GenderEquality #HumanRightsEducation #Tostan

Rights alone do not protect women and girls. Protection begins with awareness. #WhenSheLeads