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 cila.comminitcila.com and is linked with The CI Global site.
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Labour relations - South Korea

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A project to communicate the worker injustices which occur but which often go undocumented. Communication takes place through internet and fax machines and the distribution of education and video documentaries through unions. People are trained so that they can tell their own stories and document worker abuse through videos.
Communication Strategies

A worldwide network of workers' organization communicate through fax and internet. South Korean workers are creating their own video images which are distributed through unions and an underground system to expose workers and abuses to them.
Development Issues

Worker equality and justice
Key Points

Documented abuses of workers' rights are created by the workers themselves and transmitted through the union organizations. Union organizations are used as distributors due to various censorship laws. Students and workers were documented by the group during a strike in January 1997.
Partners



Labour News Production, Labour unions, and underground network within South Korea.

Sources

Communications and Social Change: Forging Strategies for the 21st century. A report on a Rockefeller foundation. April 21-25, 1997.

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 11/30/1999 - 00:00 Permalink

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