Document Type
Report
Publication Date
2003
Abstract
This document is a summary of the process followed in implementing a community-based education program in Burkina Faso. The Population Council initiated a collaboration between two NGOs, Tostan in Senegal and Mwangaza Action in Burkina Faso, to replicate the program for improving women’s reproductive health and contributing to the end of female genital cutting (FGC). In Burkina Faso, the participants (men and women) held discussions to analyze the problems faced by their communities and to find appropriate solutions. Many positive changes occurred in the participating villages: the communities now promote reproductive health and human rights and work to improve public hygiene; stand up against violence toward women; have increased the utilization of health services, and improved their knowledge in general and changed their views on women’s roles in community development activities. At the end of the program, the 23 communities made a public declaration for the abandonment of the practice of FGC.
Recommended Citation
Diop, Nafissatou J., Edmond Bagde, Djingri Ouoba, and Molly Melching. 2003. "Replication of the TOSTAN Programme in Burkina Faso: How 23 villages participated in a human rights-based education programme and abandoned the practice of female genital cutting in Burkina Faso." Dakar: Population Council.
DOI
10.31899/rh2.1007
Language
English
Project
A Research Agenda to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) in a Generation
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