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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.

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WHO Ethical and Safety Recommendations for Interviewing Trafficked Women

Tue, 05/17/2005 - 11:35

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This 36-page guidebook from the World Health Organization (WHO) responds to the increase in trafficking of women and girls into forced prostitution and other slavery-like or exploitative conditions. According to the author, this form of illegal activity is increasingly recognised as one of the world's fastest growing crimes and most significant human rights violations.

In response to this situation, WHO seeks to provide information on trafficking to policy-makers, donors, service providers and the media. This guidebook provides information on the complex circumstances of women who have been trafficked and outlines ten guiding principles in respect to their ethical and safe conduct, as well as how to interview them. For interviews, there are details on making the initial contact, understanding the range of risks, tips on being discreet, ensuring confidentiality, avoiding re-traumatising a woman and many other related issues.

Number of Pages

36

Source

e-CIVICUS, Issue No. 248, April 18 - 25 2005.

PDFLink

http://www.oscebih.org/documents/1372-eng.pdf

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very good

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