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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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How to Reach Young Adolescents: A Toolkit for Educating 10-14 Year Olds on Sexual and Reproductive Health

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This toolkit addresses the Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) needs of young adolescents aged 10-14 years. It is designed to serve as a guide, planning tool, and inspiration for national and international development actors and stakeholders working on SRH health issues with young people. In addition, it presents several overlapping approaches to increase young adolescents' sexual and reproductive health knowledge and improve their sexual behaviours.

The toolkit documents planning steps, activities, experiences, best practices, and barriers of the "Young Adolescents Project" that was implemented in Uganda from 2009 to 2011 by Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevoelkerung (DSW). This project was based on a holistic approach to addressing SRH in school settings for, and actively involving, pupils, teachers, parents, the surrounding community and health personnel, thus creating a supportive environment for improved sexual and reproductive health and rights education for young adolescents in schools. Throughout the toolkit there are recommendations based upon DSW's experience in Uganda implementing the Young Adolescents Project.
The toolkit includes the following chapters:

  • Introduction
  • Pupils
  • Teachers
  • Community members
  • Parents
  • Health workers
Publication Date
Languages

English

Number of Pages

110

Source

DSW website on November 19 2012.

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