The Communication Initiative
Development action with informed and engaged societies
The Communication Initiative
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.

Manual on Social Norms and Change

10 years ago Network Contact UNFPA - Publications

Click here for the 2021 version in PDF format.
Click here for the 2016 version in PDF format.
Click here for a handout (English, 136 pages, PDF) from the 2016 version.
Click here for a handout (Arabic, 136 pages, PDF) from the 2016 version.
Click here for a handout (French, 138 pages, PDF) from the 2016 version.

Publishers

Languages

English (with 2016 handouts also in Arabic and French).

Number of Pages

406 (2021 version); 691 (2016 version), with 2016 handouts: 136 pages (English and Arabic) and 138 pages (French)

Source

UNFPA website on August 1 2016, UNICEF website on March 9 2022, and UNFPA website on July 25 2022.

Gender and Forests: Climate Change, Tenure, Value Chains and Emerging Issues

10 years ago Network Contact Carol J. Pierc…

Author

  • Carol J. Pierce Colfer, Ed.
  • Bimbika Sijapati Basnett, Ed.
  • Marlène Elias, Ed.

"This ...book brings together the work of gender and forestry specialists from various backgrounds and fields of research and action to analyse global gender conditions as related to forests."

Click here to access the book in PDF format.

Publishers

Number of Pages

362

Source

Email from Carol Colfer to The Communication Initiative on July 27 2016.

AIDSFree HIV Prevention Knowledge Base

10 years ago Network Contact Anonymous (not verified)

The AIDSFree HIV Prevention Knowledge Base is an online collection of research and tools to help people who plan and implement evidence-based HIV prevention activities find what works in prevention

Publishers

Source

Email from Vanessa Miranda to The Communication Initiative on July 27 2016; and AIDSFree and AIDSFree HIV Prevention Knowledge Base FAQs - both accessed on July 27 2016. Image caption/credit: "USAID/Kenya's program to prevent HIV/AIDS targets many audiences who are often forgotten, such as these prisoners watching an educational theater piece." USAID/Neil Thomas

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