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After nearly 28 years, The Communication Initiative (The CI) Global is entering a new chapter. 

Following a period of transition, the global website has been transferred to the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in South Africa, where it will be administered by the Social and Behaviour Change Communication Division. Wits' commitment to social change and justice makes it a trusted steward for The CI's legacy and future. 

On the transfer, co-founder Victoria Martin expressed her pleasure to see this work continue under Wits' leadership, knowing that co-founder Warren Feek (1953–2024) would have felt deep pride in The CI Global's Africa-led direction. 

As Wits, we honour the team and partners who sustained The CI for decades and look forward building from that strong base. This includes co-founders Warren Feek (1953-2024) and Victoria Martin as well as La Iniciativa de Comunicación (CILA), which continues independently at lainiciativadecomunicacion.com with links to The CI Global site. We are also eager to forge new partnerships and entertain new ideas as we consider how best to contribute to social and behaviour change in our rapidly evolving environment.

If you are joining the International Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) Summit in Panama, please join Wits and CILA on Monday, 22 June, to share your thoughts and suggestion for the relaunch of the Communication Initiative. We will be in Pacifica 5 from 12-1:25 for the Refuel, Reflect, and Renew Lunch Series: The Communication Initiative: celebrating a driving force for Communication for Social Change and the way forward. We will reflect on the legacy of Warren Feek and family in creating the Communication Initiative, consider the contributions of CI over the years and then turn our attention towards the future in this dynamic session. 

If you are unable to join us in Panama, we still want to hear from you. Please contribute your thoughts by following this link: https://redcap.link/CommunicationInitiative2026 or reaching out to ci_surveys@commint.com. 

You can also follow the QR Code:

 https://redcap.link/CommunicationInitiative2026

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Gender Based Violence Training (Jul 15-19 2013)

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Location

Arusha, Tanzania

According to the organisers of this course, MS Training Centre for Development Cooperation, by the end of the course, participants will be able to analyse and interpret the complex relationship between gender inequality, gender based violence (GBV) in regard to development inequalities.

The course content includes the following:

  • Key concepts and gender based violence cycle
  • Gender equality and human rights
  • Gender based violence (specifically violence against women) as a barrier to development
  • Harmful traditional practices as a form of GBV
  • GBV in conflict and post conflict situations
  • Challenges for policy and practice
  • Addressing gender based violence: prevention and responses
  • Gender responsiveness policy influencing and programming.

Click here for more information.

Registration information:

The course is intended for gender and women’s rights programme personnel, human resource managers, youth leaders, donor agencies, humanitarian staff, middle level and senior managers, women leaders in civil society organisations, and technical staff in local governments and in other development related agencies.

Fee for the Course: Single room US$ 695 or Shared double US$ 585.

Click here to download the course application form in PDF format.