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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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Summary of Dialogues on Well-Being and Security for Defenders

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This is a compilation of the summaries of the following dialogues (with hyperlinks to the referenced comments and threads) that New Tactics hosted in 2010-11 on the topics of well-being and security of human rights defenders:

  • Staying Safe: Security Resources for Human Rights Defenders in July 2010
  • Self-Care for Activists: Sustaining Your Most Valuable Resource in Sept 2010
  • Being Well and Staying Safe: Resources for human rights defenders in June 2011


The resource includes links to support organisations, books, online resources, and resources for securing technology. Topics include:

  • "Human Rights Defenders and Self-Care
  • What is the relationship between well-being and security? 
  • What impact does a defender’s gender (or identity) have on security?
  • What gets in the way of integrating well-being into security from an individual, organizational and community perspective? 
  • What can be done on an individual and organization level to integrate well-being with safety?
  • How can the human rights community support the well-being and security of defenders? 
  • How does information communication technology fit into the work of keeping defenders safe and well?"
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Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) website, September 18 2012.