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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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MEASURE Evaluation Population and Reproductive Health (PRH) Small Grants Program

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MEASURE Evaluation Population & Reproductive Health (PRH) invites applications for a small grants programme to build the evidence base in family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH), support the research efforts of developing country researchers and their institutions, and maximise opportunities to use research findings for decision-making.

Eligible candidates must be seeking to build the research and/or data use capacity in country or regional academic institutions or centres, non-profit or for-profit research organisations, parastatal or non-governmental organisations in MEASURE Evaluation PRH priority countries and United States Agency for International Development Tier One countries. (Click here to access eligibility information.) The base amount for a small grant is US$5,000, which is intended to cover basic research expenses. However, the total amount of the grant will be based on proposed budgets and is expected to be higher, so as to cover the costs of the planned data use activities.

Suggested Topics:

  • "Reaching underserved populations (e.g. addressing FP/RH needs of youth and adolescents; the poor; displaced populations; etc.)
  • Evaluation of FP/RH programmes or policies (e.g. community-based distribution, contraceptive security, long-acting & permanent methods (LAPM), etc.)
  • FP/MCH or FP/HIV service integration (e.g. post-partum FP, Post-abortion care, immunisation services; Preventing Mother-to-Child Transmission [of HIV/AIDS] (PMTCT) services, etc.), Population-Environment integration
  • Healthy timing and spacing of pregnancies (HTSP) tools & approaches
  • Addressing gender in FP/RH"
Application Info

To apply, please submit a 2-3 page summary clearly outlining the research questions, scope of analysis, description of dataset, key opportunities for using the study findings to inform programmes or policy, and strategies for facilitating the use of study findings. Proposals should also be submitted with a brief cover letter, budget, the curriculum vitae of key personnel, and names of three references.


Click here for more information.

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Email from MEASURE Evaluation PRH to The Communication Initiative on November 10 2009.