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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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Act Now! A Resource Guide for Young Women on HIV/AIDS

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The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and The Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) created this resource guide based on a February-March 2002 online discussion aimed at young women. Moderated on AWID's Young Women and Leadership (YWL) list-serve, this forum was designed as a means for sharing ideas and information, as well as for initiating debates on issues that affect young women in their particular contexts. The forum was also an effort to provide a space for young women to articulate their visions and perspectives for the advancement of the women's rights and social justice agenda internationally. Some of the topics covered included:
  1. Intersections between youth, gender, and HIV/AIDS
  2. Emerging challenges and successes in HIV/AIDS for young people (particularly young women)
  3. Ways in which young people can participate in addressing gender and youth issues in HIV/AIDS programmes
Geared specifically toward young women who are leaders in their communities worldwide, this booklet provides an overview of the online discussions, highlights and profiles young women's leadership in HIV/AIDS, and provides useful activities for those who want to start campaigns to raise awareness and decrease stigma in their communities. It features information, questions, and discussion points addressed to young women, as well as an appendix with a number of facts, handouts, guidelines, and strategy points intended to guide the work of workshop facilitators working with young women.

Click here to download this publication in PDF format.

Contact: Shamillah Wilson, AWID
Shamillah@awid.org
OR
Sisonke Msimang, UNIFEM
sisonke.msimang@undp.org

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47
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Posting from Alison Symington of AWID to the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights list server (ESCR-DEV) on March 25 2004 (click here to access the archives).