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Burkina Faso: Community Education Program Scaled-Up in Burkina Faso

This project tested the replication of Tostan's community-based education program in two provinces of Burkina Faso. The intervention was successfully adapted and replicated, and increased awareness of human rights and women's health, and reduced support for female genital cutting (FGC).

Abstract: A broad-based educational program developed in Senegal by Tostan and adapted in Burkina Faso increased awareness of human rights and women’s health, and reduced support for female genital cutting (FGC). Public discussion of FGC leads to change in traditional social norms.

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