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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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Johns Hopkins University, Center for Communication Programs (CCP)


Redefining masculinity and gender relationships


For reproductive health



111 Market Place, Suite 310

Baltimore, MD 21202-4024

United States

Tel: (410) 659-6300

Fax: (410) 659-6266

E-mail:mmc@jhuccp.org

Web: JHU/CCP site.


The Center for Communication Programs (CCP) offers a wide range of materials relevant to working with men and boys in the areas of reproductive health, equality and ending gender-based violence. In 1986, CCP published a Population Report on the theme, Men– New Focus for Family Planning Programs, a review of programmes and policies designed to increase male involvement in family planning, decision-making and action. The Center's Media/Materials Clearinghouse, a collection of over 35,000 health communication materials focusing on reproductive health and related issues, has established a Violence Against Women Resource Center of posters, pamphlets, videos and radio programmes designed to help prevent violence against women, and currently has over 800 materials to share with professionals. The August 1995 issue of What's New in the Media/Materials Clearinghouse focused on male motivation materials, with examples featured from Bolivia, Columbia, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Nepal, Zaire and Zimbabwe – everything from t-shirts with the theme, Be a Man before You're a Father: Family Planning, It's Your Choice (Zimbabwe) and banners and badges proclaiming Plan Together with Your Wife (Ghana) to a waiting-room video, Let's Talk Together (Bolivia). The Center has also developed a Violence Against Women database of organizations working in this area. In collaboration with CHANGE (Center for Health and Gender Equality), CCP published in December 1999 its Population Report: Ending Violence Against Women. The report calls for more attention to men's responsibilities and roles in ending gender-based violence. CCP also supports POPLINE (POPulation information onLINE), the world's largest bibliographic database on population, family planning and related health issues. POPLINE provides citations with abstracts from over 275,000 records representing published and unpublished literature in the field, with many entries on working with men. POPLINE is available in a variety of formats (on-line, CD-ROM, or printed materials) by contacting the Center. Also on CD-ROM is the title HIM (Helping Involve Men), which provides documents addressing the involvement of men in reproductive health programmes.




Source: "Some Organisations Working with Men and Boys to End Violence Against Women and Girls" by Ruth Finney Hayward rhayward@unicef.org