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The Communication Initiative

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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Youth-Friendly Services: A Manual for Service Providers

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Developed by EngenderHealth, this manual is designed to strengthen theskills of health workers who provide reproductive health services toadolescent clients. It aims to enable staff to assess their own beliefs aboutadolescent sexuality while ensuring that their values and attitudes donot compromise the basic sexual and reproductive health needs of youngpeople.

According to EngenderHealth, "although existing tools address adolescent reproductive health, this is the first simple training tool that can be easily adapted to different situations and addresses provider and site bias toward young people. By the end of any of these trainings, participants will havethe knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to provide high-qualitySRH counseling within their own work setting. Providers will be betterable to help clients assess their own needs for a range of SRH services,provide appropriate information and emotional support, and help clientsmake more realistic decisions about their sexual and reproductivehealth. In turn, clients will have developed the skills they need tocarry out those decisions."

Founded in 1943, EngenderHealth is a nonprofit organisation that hasbeen working internationally for more than 30 years to support andstrengthen reproductive health services for women and men worldwide.

Click here for more information and to download the manual in PDF format.

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Press Release from EngenderHealth, June 25, 2004.