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.
 
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 lainiciativadecomunicacion.com and is linked with The CI Global site.

COVID-19: How Can Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) Include Marginalized and Vulnerable People in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

"People who experience marginalization, particularly those facing intersecting forms of discrimination across diverse factors,...become even more vulnerable in emergencies."

Publishers

Languages

English; Arabic

Number of Pages

16 (English); 17 (Arabic)

Source

UN Women Arab States website, March 30 2021. Image credit: Fahad Kaizer, UN Women

Entertainment-Education Behind the Scenes

Subtitle
Case Studies for Theory and Practice

Author

"At the time of this collection, we are in the midst of a global pandemic and in the throes of what the World Health Organization calls an 'infodemic'....It seems in this crisis that there is a

Number of Pages

354

Source

"Introduction: Entertainment-Education Behind the Scenes", by Lauren B. Frank and Paul Falzone; and "Epilogue: The Next Reel for Entertainment-Education", by Paul Falzone and Lauren B. Frank. Springer International Publishing/Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63614-2

Reporting the Climate Crisis: A Handbook for Caribbean Journalists

Author

"...it is the responsibility of journalists to make sure that the findings which emanate from the science community gain traction in the broader public and that climate change gets the coverage

Number of Pages

52

Source

Submission from Wesley Gibbings to The Communication Initiative on February 18 2021. Image credit: Association of Caribbean Media Workers via Facebook

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