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.

Handbook for Media: The New Coronavirus and COVID-19

Author

"Think about how you can go beyond telling people a message or instruction, and help people to engage, understand and feel able and motivated to make changes (this includes leaders as well as t

Languages

English; Ukrainian

Number of Pages

35

Source

CDAC Network website, June 22 2020. Image credit: Indranil Mukherjee/AFP via Getty Images

Reflect Reality Handbook

Author

"When women's authoritative voices are represented in the news, there's a positive impact on society and newsrooms alike."

Publishers

Number of Pages

107

Source

GMFD website on June 19 2020; email from Paula Orlando to The Communication Initiative on June 22 2020; and "Reflect Reality: Increasing Women's Voices in the News" (press release on the Internews website, March 2 2020), accessed on June 23 2020.

Gender Norms and Crisis

Author

"What does emerge strongly from the literature is that policy responses to crises are often gender-blind, or treat women as a homogenous group....Responses that do not take into account gendere

Number of Pages

48

Source

ALiGN website, June 17 2020. Image caption/credit: A woman wears a face mask in Mali during the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak. © World Bank / Ousmane Traore

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