Tostan  [to 15 March 2014]
March 13, 2014

Celebrating International Women’s Day at Thiès Prison!
On March 12, 2014, Tostan’s Prison Project in partnership with the Prison Administration at Thiès Prison in Senegal organized a prison open day to celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD). Detainees and their family members, prison staff, Tostan employees, and community members all gathered to recognize the accomplishments of the Prison Project.

Since 2003, Tostan has run a modified version of the Community Empowerment Program (CEP) in women and mixed prisons in Senegal. The project is now active in five prisons. At Thiès Prison, there are currently 25 women participating in Tostan classes, they benefit from a number of trainings offered by the prison project, in areas including animal husbandry, clothes dyeing, and weaving. The project’s goal is to help detainees reintegrate into their communities….

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