Development action with informed and engaged societies

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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Gender and Media Diversity Journal on Media, Activism, and Change

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This fourth edition of the Gender and Media Diversity Journal, published by the Gender and Media Diversity Centre (GMDC). The GMDC is a physical and virtual resource centre based in Southern Africa, facilitating "the collection, connection and dissemination of information and resources relating to gender, media and diversity. The centre also collaborates on research, education and training." This issue "explores various aspects of media activism – how media itself plays an activist role and how activists are increasingly using the media more pro-actively on issues as diverse as gender, HIV/AIDS, children's rights and governance." The journal explores the question: Should journalists be activists, or does their activism create bias? The collection of articles intends to "raise some complex questions about the ethics and accountability related to activism and journalism."

Articles include:

  1. Editorial and News Brief
  2. A Place for Media Activism - 3 articles
  3. Gender and Media Campaigns - 7 articles
  4. Media, Activism and HIV/AIDS - 8 articles
  5. Media by and for Youth and Children - 4 articles
  6. New Media, Technology and Activism - 3 articles
  7. Media and Elections/Governance - 3 articles
  8. Media Watch - 4 articles
  9. New Publications


This document is available online, or, to place an order, send an email to execassistant@genderlinks.org.za; or contact them by the telephone numbers listed in the contact section below.
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172

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Email from Deborah Walter to The Communication Initiative on April 29 2008 and the Gender Links website.