The village of Keur Simbara is a key reference point in the movement for the abandonment of female genital cutting (FGC) and child/forced marriage in Senegal. It was one of the first villages to publicly abandon FGC (in 1998) and the Chief of Keur Simbara, Demba Diawara, has been a critical partner in Tostan’s work in this area, and in the understanding of how social change happens.