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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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Condom Shirt Raises Awareness of AIDS

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This Express.co.uk online news article is about a shirt created by an Indian clothing designer who used condoms in the collar and condoms stitched to the fabric to raise awareness of AIDS. According to the article, M. A. Rahman, aged 28, who designed the shirt, sent it to the United Nations (UN) Secretary General to act as a reminder to people to carry out safe sex.

Using 1,025 condoms in each Kurta shirt, a traditional Indian shirt, Mr. Rahman hoped that the shirt design would encourage people to think about protection against unsafe sex. He received recognition and thanks from the UN, as well as media publicity in which he quoted recent (2009) statistics on the AIDS epidemic: "AIDS has killed more than 25 million people so far and an estimated 33.2 million people worldwide live with HIV. The world needs more awareness campaign for the protection from this deadly virus."

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SAFE - Social Action Foundation for Equity listserve, December 9 2009.

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