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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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6th Africa Conference on Sexual Health and Rights: Eliminating Women and Girls Sexual and Reproductive Health Vulnerabilities in Africa (Feb 3-7 2014)

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Yaoundé, Cameroon

The African Federation for Sexual Health and Rights (AFSHR) has announced the 6th Africa Conference on Sexual Health and Rights (6ACSHR), organised under the theme of "Eliminating Women and Girls' Sexual and Reproductive Health Vulnerabilities in Africa." Hosted by Women in Alternative Action (WAA), the conference will start with a two-day capacity building workshop on sexual and reproductive health and rights for young people from February 3-4 2014. Various sexual and reproductive health constituencies will also hold expert meetings and consultation during these days.

The main conference will be held from February 5-7 2013 and will involve plenaries, concurrent sessions, skills-building workshops, and exhibitions among others. The conference will deliberate on sexual and reproductive health of all categories of women and girls including women living with HIV, women and girls in conflict situations, and women and girls with disabilities. It will also focus on excluded and marginalised populations, early marriage, adolescent motherhood, gender-based violence, as well as maternal morbidity and mortality.

The objectives of the conference are to:

  • identify promising/best practices for eliminating women and girls’ sexual and reproductive health vulnerabilities;
  • facilitate knowledge management and programming to enhance women and girls' agency; and
  • enhance women and girls' programmes in regional and global development agenda including ICPD Beyond 20 and Post 2015 Development Agenda.

Click here for more information about the conference.

Registration information:
Deadline date: December 15, 2013

AFSHR invites policy makers, development partners, civil society organisations, academia, media, women, girls, and young people to register. The registration fee is USD150.

Click here to register online.