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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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Rethinking Differences and Rights in Sexual and Reproductive Health: A Training Manual for Health Care Providers

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The manual, developed with support from the U.S. Agency for International Development, promotes an approach to sexual and reproductive health care that recognises different needs and perspectives within a context of respect for the rights and dignity of men and women. It is designed to provide health professionals with a framework for examining the quality of care, including the quality of human relations, technical quality, and quality of administration and management of health services. The training steps outlined in the manual aim to:
  • Create opportunities for reflection and action in the field of gender-sensitive quality care.
  • Provide basic tools that providers can use in their everyday practice: key concepts, techniques and practices, and criteria for implementing quality care.
  • Develop capacity for critical analysis that permits participants to use key concepts and criteria to recognise, analyse and respond to users' realities and institutional practices.
Limited quantities of the manual are available from FHI in English and Spanish at no cost to developing country health agencies.

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