Social norms 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.

Reporting on Gender-Based Violence in Humanitarian Settings: A Journalist's Handbook

Subtitle
Second Edition

"Journalism is among the most powerful tools for social justice....Journalists have the power to amplify the voices of women and girls, to shed light on the forms of violence that target them,

Languages

English; Arabic

Number of Pages

19

Source

UNFPA website on October 7 2020.

Growing Up GREAT! Implementation Guide

Developed by Save the Children as a part of the Passages Project, this step-by-step resource is designed for organisations that wish to adopt a scalable, multilevel intervention for improving gende

Languages

English (guide), with some related materials also in French

Number of Pages

173 (guide)

Source

Emails from Cait Davin to The Communication Initiative on August 12 2020 and August 13 2020; and IRH website, August 13 2020.

Gender Norms and Crisis

"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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