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.

Africa Media Barometer - An Analysis of Trends in AMBs for 28 Countries over 11 Years: 2011/2021

Author

"News media and other forms of mediated expression play an essential role in the creation, sustenance, and progressive transformation of democratic and democratising societies."

Number of Pages

61

Source

MISA website on January 13 2023; and email from Dickson Kasote to The Communication Initiative on January 16 2023. Image credit: Freedom House

Exploring the Drivers of Behaviour: The Case of Child Marriage

"...we must explain to people why child marriage threatens the lives, wellbeing and futures of girls. That is why it is illegal. The message is clear and simple."

Languages

English; French

Source

Email from Alessia Radice to The Communication Initiative on January 4 2023. Image credit: ©UNICEF

Guidelines for Ethical Communications around Child Marriage: Principles, Best Practice and Tools

"Communicating ethically centres on one key question - who has power?....Communicators in the end child marriage movement are responsible for ensuring the storytelling process is a source of po

Languages

English, French, Spanish (guidelines); English (tools)

Number of Pages

70 (English guidelines); 66 (French guidelines); 67 (Spanish guidelines); 26 (tools)

Source

Girls Not Brides website, January 4 2023; and email from Emma Sadd to The Communication Initiative on January 10 2023. Image credit: Illustration by María Ponce

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