The Communication Initiative
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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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This course aims to provide the participants with techniques and tools to be used in a wide range of tasks related to gender and development issues. At the end of the course, the participants will be able to mainstream gender in their programmes and activities by attaining the following expected outcomes of the workshop: strengthened overall capacity of the participants in gender analysis; exploration of techniques in gender mainstreaming; appreciation of the importance of mainstreaming gender in their programs, projects, and activities; identification of effective communication strategies to promote greater equality of influence, opportunity, and benefit between genders; and development of a draft workplan for implementing gender and development programs. Main topics of the course include:

  • Emerging gender issues
  • Gender and development program strategies
  • Building gender equity into project design and implementation
  • Program design and planning
  • Problem analysis
  • Audience analysis - qualitative and quantitative
  • Statement of objectives
  • Messages and materials development process
  • Planning for program implementation and management
  • Planning for monitoring and evaluation


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Location

International Center for Development Communication (ICDC), Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand