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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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Anti-Trafficking Awareness Toolkit

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This toolkit was developed by the Vital Voices Global Partnership to help raise awareness about human trafficking in the United States. It was designed for distribution primarily to professionals, such as local law enforcement, health care workers, social service providers, or faith-based organisations, who may encounter trafficking victims in the course of their work, and may be able to help them.

The toolkit contains several sections:
  • an informational flier that defines trafficking, how to recognise a trafficking victim, and information on how to report trafficking crimes;
  • a summary of the U.S. anti-trafficking law, the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000; and the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003, and the Reauthorization Act of 2005; and
  • a trafficking victim flier (available in several languages) to inform victims of their rights under the United States law.

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Languages
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Japanese, Khmer, Russian, Spanish, Thai, and Ukrainian
Source

humantrafficking.org website.