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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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You and Your Relationship Booklet

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This booklet was produced for the OneLove Kwasila! campaign in Zambia which seeks to reduce HIV transmission by discouraging multiple concurrent partnerships and encouraging partner communication.

According to the publishers, You and Your Relationship is not just about HIV. It is about "how we have relationships, and how we should treat each other and how we can take care of ourselves and the people we care about."

The booklet seeks to get people talking openly about love and sex and gives tips on how to build healthy relationships that are fulfilling. It also seeks to make people understand why HIV is still spreading in Zambia and what people can do to prevent HIV in their own lives and in their community.

The booklet covers the following topics:
  • Relationships
  • Understanding HIV
  • Multiple sexual partners
  • Reasons for having many sexual partners
  • Building a loving relationship
  • Communication in relationships
  • The benefits of having one sexual partner.

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English

Number of Pages

41

Source

Onelove Southern Africa website on December 13 2009.

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