Mr. Lamin Fatty is the Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning (MERL) Focal Point for Tostan the Gambia. He hosts a weekly, local language, radio show, and has co-facilitated a training on Islam and Human Rights for religious leaders at the Tostan Training Center in Thiés, Senegal. He has worked for Tostan for more than 12 years, previously as a Field Supervisor. Fatty received a Higher National Diploma in Development Studies from the Rural Development Training Institute, conducting research on water resources conservation and the state-owned Gambia Cotton Company. Fatty also works as a freelance journalist with the newspaper Foroyaa.