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Images of Empowerment

Description

A women helping her son prepare his uniform before going to school. The women took part in the TOSTAN Community Empowerment Program, where women participants learn about their right to health and their right to be free from all forms of violence, about hygiene, and how diseases are spread and prevented. They also discuss the health risks of harmful practices such as female genital cutting†and child/forced marriage, and how to improve child and maternal health in their village.

License

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Learn more

Location

Sahre Bocar, Senegal

Photo Credit

Jonathan Torgovnik/Getty Images/Images of Empowerment

Filename

FULL_RELEASE_HEWLETT_SENEGAL_007-scaled.jpg