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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. 

On the transfer, co-founder Victoria Martin expressed her pleasure to see this work continue under Wits' leadership, knowing that co-founder Warren Feek (1953–2024) would have felt deep pride in The CI Global's Africa-led direction. 

As Wits, we honour the team and partners who sustained The CI for decades and look forward building from that strong base. This includes co-founders Warren Feek (1953-2024) and Victoria Martin as well as La Iniciativa de Comunicación (CILA), which continues independently at lainiciativadecomunicacion.com with links to The CI Global site. We are also eager to forge new partnerships and entertain new ideas as we consider how best to contribute to social and behaviour change in our rapidly evolving environment.

If you are joining the International Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) Summit in Panama, please join Wits and CILA on Monday, 22 June, to share your thoughts and suggestion for the relaunch of the Communication Initiative. We will be in Pacifica 5 from 12-1:25 for the Refuel, Reflect, and Renew Lunch Series: The Communication Initiative: celebrating a driving force for Communication for Social Change and the way forward. We will reflect on the legacy of Warren Feek and family in creating the Communication Initiative, consider the contributions of CI over the years and then turn our attention towards the future in this dynamic session. 

If you are unable to join us in Panama, we still want to hear from you. Please contribute your thoughts by following this link: https://redcap.link/CommunicationInitiative2026 or reaching out to ci_surveys@commint.com. 

You can also follow the QR Code:

 https://redcap.link/CommunicationInitiative2026

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Concept Tool on Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights & HIV and AIDS

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Southern Africa Gender Protocol Alliance
This resource book was produced by the Southern Africa HIV and AIDS Information Dissemination Service (SAfAIDS), a member of the Southern Africa Gender Protocol Alliance. The purpose of this resource tool is to summarise and analyse the commitments and targets relating to Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights & HIV provided for in SADC Protocol on Gender and Development which was adopted and signed at the 28th Summit of Heads of State and Government held in August 2008 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The goals of the document are to:
  • Inform civil society and relevant stakeholders of the area that speak to sexual and reproductive health and HIV which are covered in the Protocol
  • Identify and discuss the key targets in the Protocol as they relate to sexual and reproductive health rights and HIV
  • Present suggestions for how civil society can meet set targets
  • Identify key challenges for civil society in meeting targets set out in the Protocol
  • Identify priority areas for civil society advocacy and programming in the areas of sexual and reproductive health rights and HIV.
As stated in the document, this is a practical tool which can be used as an advocacy and profile-raising tool for use in efforts to enable gender and HIV friendly policy transformation processes targeting civil society and policy makers.
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