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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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Women Empowerment Through Information Technology

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Author

  • Usha Sharma
This book attempts to demonstrate that ICT technologies are powerful tools for women to use to overcome discrimination, achieve full equality, well-being and participation in decisions that impact the quality of their lives and the future of their communities. It is written for policy makers and development leaders to use as a reference tool to help mainstream gender issues in areas of technology development.

According to the author, Usha Sharma, community-based women's organisations can be instrumental in the process of enabling women to cross the digital divide and become confident users of ICTs. "With women's empowerment as a key objective, they can use technology to successfully build personal confidence and self-esteem that has had wider implications in women's lives."

Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Knowledge network: empowerment through employment
  • Women's access to information
  • Social empowerment through the use of ICT
  • Women's economic empowerment
  • Impact of globalisation on women's work
  • Political empowerment of women
  • Women empowerment in technology education
  • Impact of information technology
  • Bibliography
  • Index

This book is available from Vedams Books - click here to order the book.

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 07/31/2005 - 22:12 Permalink

impact of information technology

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 09/11/2006 - 23:54 Permalink

please help me to show this book in internet with pdf formate and then we decide to buy this book at the cost of essentiality for my all colligues and clients.

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 12/22/2006 - 07:01 Permalink

social empowerment through the use of ICT

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 03/07/2007 - 04:18 Permalink

impcat of information technology on african bibliography

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 05/17/2007 - 12:59 Permalink

cheres mesdames: je suis profeseure à l'Université de las Palmas de Gran canaria, des nouvelles technologies pour l'education. Actuallement je travaille au Senegal avec une Federation des femmes (FEPRODES) je vous prie laissez moi travailler avec votre reseau. Nous avons agir ensemble pour notre liberté a travers de les TICs. Merci beaucoup

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 09/09/2009 - 21:55 Permalink

PLEASE HELP ME TO READ THE BOOK ON INTERNET THEN ONLY WE WILL DECIDE WHETHER TO BUY THE BOOK OR NOT. Editor's Note: This book is not available online. We are unable to assist you in this way.