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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.
 
Co-founder Victoria Martin is pleased to see this work continue under Wits' leadership. Victoria knows that co-founder Warren Feek (1953–2024) would have felt deep pride in The CI Global's Africa-led direction.
 
We honour the team and partners who sustained The CI for decades. Meanwhile, La Iniciativa de Comunicación (CILA) continues independently at cila.comminitcila.com and is linked with The CI Global site.
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Johns Hopkins University, Center for Communication Programs (CCP)

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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