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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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My Guide to Voting

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"So how do you feel about elections and voting? Don't really understand how it works? Looking for more information? Maybe you think politics is boring or too complicated or not something young women should be involved in? If you answered YES to any of these questions, then this guide is for YOU!"

In advance of Fiji's first national elections (September 17 2014) since the military coup of 2006, the Fiji Women's Right Movement (FWRM) ran the I Am Voting social media campaign and worked with the Fiji Young Women's Forum (FJYWF) to engage young Fijian women to actively discuss issues related to their citizenship rights. An outcome of the FJYWF is My Guide to Voting, a publication created by and for young Fijians to inform and empower them about their rights and responsibilities as citizens. (A related video can be viewed below).

In order to support a peaceful transition to democracy, the colourful comic book is meant to provide "an election adventure" where the reader learns about her right to vote and how she will be able to participate in deciding the future of Fiji. There is a glossary explaining potentially unfamiliar words as well as checklists and other tools designed to help the reader make decisions.



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Conciliation Resources webstie, December 30 2014.

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Click here for the 39-page resource in PDF format.