The Communication Initiative
Development action with informed and engaged societies
The Communication Initiative
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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Women’s Human Rights Step by Step - Global

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The Women's Human Rights Step by Step programme aims to enhance and expand the corps of skilled human rights advocates throughout the world and specifically to strengthen local and regional women's advocacy groups to: design and carry out effective women's human rights advocacy strategies; be influential institutional advocates for women's rights within national, regional and international arenas; and be effective trainers - guiding and orienting their constituents on women's rights advocacy.
Communication Strategies

3 one-week training sessions over 2 years. Training curriculum covers the main concepts of human rights law, the structure and process of the human rights system and how to access and use selected human rights mechanisms, how to structure a process for developing locally appropriate strategies geared towards promoting or defending women's human rights, and planning and carrying out an investigatory mission to document abuses.
Development Issues

Women, rights, political development.
Key Points

During the programme, participants plan and implement one organisational strategy to promote of defend women's human rights in their countries of origin. In order to better implement their strategies, participants receive follow-up technical assistance, advice, and feedback through site visits and continued communication with the programme.
Partners



Trainers are drawn from WLD International, Human Rights Watch and a roster of international experts in the field of women's human rights.

Sources

Programme summary produced by Women, Law & Development.