The Communication Initiative Network

The COMMUNICATIONS X-CHANGE is an online library of materials contributed by organisations and individuals around the world who are working to end violence against women and children. Contents of the searchable database highlight the ...

Emerging from Egypt's January 2013 revolution, this radical street art collective seeks to spark awareness of the struggles that Egypt's female population endures regularly. Women on Walls (WOW), or Sit El 7eta (in Arabic), was launched by ...

This impact evaluation in Spanish of the violence against women (VAW) campaign “A Disaster that We Men Can Avoid” from Puntos de Encuentro, Nicaragua, is directed to the men and women of nearly 250 organisations, women's groups, youth groups, ...

The organisation Puntos de Encuentro compiled this multimedia library on the issue of the commercial sexual exploitation of adolescents as an internationally recognised act of violence. "It affects the integral development of children and teens, ...

The organisation Puntos de Encuentro compiled this multimedia library on the issue of reproductive rights. The multimedia library is a compilation of 78 documents in audio, video and text including theoretical analysis, investigations, tools and ...

The organisation Puntos de Encuentro compiled this multi-media library on the issue of sexuality, HIV, and violence because "sexuality is an essential part of one’s wellbeing and development..., yet in the 21st Century violence against women, ...

The organisation Puntos de Encuentro compiled this multi-media library on the issue of sexual and reproductive rights because of an increase in adolescent pregnancies, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), HIV/AIDS, and other sexual and ...

The organisation Puntos de Encuentro compiled this multi-media library on the issue of sexual abuse because "sexual abuse is one of the worst human rights violations committed against women and children, a type of aggression against the integrity ...

Freelance cameramen and camerawomen from around the world are invited to submit entries for the Rory Peck Awards, which honour the best freelance footage in news and current affairs, especially in regions where it is difficult to operate as a ...

"The worldwide trend toward smaller families - average family size has declined by half since 1950 - is linked to advances in education and health care and increased opportunities for women. This great global success story can continue only if ...

This research explores why individuals in the United States (US) who are Deaf  are disproportionately vulnerable to HIV infection. "An analysis of the social, political, and attitudinal environments surrounding people who are Deaf reveals ...

This global campaign to change the culture of food waste was launched on January 22 2013 by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and partner Messe Düsseldorf.

iheed develops animated films for the training of health workers in developing countries across the globe, using its online crowd-sourcing platform, iheedCrowd. This platform is established for the digital design community to address global ...

This PowerPoint presentation describes the methodology of the organisation Breakthrough in selecting a communication route to establish a women's human rights campaign against sex selective elimination (SSE) of female gender foetuses before ...

The Rajasthan Patrika Group (Rajasthan, India) of newspapers launched a campaign, Bhatti mein Shahar, in 3 states against illegal installations, lack of licensing norms, and excessive levels of radiation of mobile cell towers.

Youth ages 9 to 25 are invited to submit short videos promoting harmony in diverse societies to the PLURAL+ Youth Video Festival Awards  to be held at the Paley Center for Media in New York City, New York, United States (US). PLURAL+ is a ...

This interview was conducted to mark the anniversary of a polio milestone in India: 2 years without reporting a single case of polio. To learn more about the strategies that led to this accomplishment, including communication strategies, Eric ...

Nalamdana, a communication organisation in rural and urban Tamil Nadu, India, uses participatory behaviour change communication (BCC) to create entertainment education (EE) with the goal of enabling audiences to make better-informed decisions for ...

"Through the power of music and soccer we want to demonstrate how programs like Football United help refugee youth integrate into Australian society. Mr. Elkington has created a new life and is inspiring others to do the same."

Launched in 2011, this advocacy initiative revolves around a series of short films featuring young people around the world who use science and data to reduce the carbon footprint of their homes, schools, communities, and states. The films present ...

Developed by Isis International as part of an endeavour by to explore innovative and strategic ways to communicate gender justice and climate justice issues, especially from Southern feminist perspectives, this toolkit presents communication ...

"Progress towards gender goals requires a long-term commitment to equity, empowerment, continuous monitoring, evaluation and research to inform our understandings of how media development can be best leveraged in pursuit of these goals."

"From China to Costa Rica, from Mali to Malaysia,...singers and musicians, women and men, have come together to spread a message of unity and solidarity: We are 'One Woman'."

"Program planning and implementation must include all stakeholders while simultaneously improving clinical services, and generating greater and better-informed demand for appropriate support and quality services."

From the Pulitzer Center, photographer Stephanie Sinclair has investigated the phenomenon of child marriage in India, Yemen, Afghanistan, Nepal, and Ethiopia. Her multimedia presentation, produced in association with National Geographic, is ...

Since 2005, groups of young people aged 16 to 25 with disabilities in 22 countries across in Africa, Asia, and the Americas have come together in Young Voices, a global project that campaigns for countries to sign, ratify, and implement the ...

"Stigma and secrecy around HIV/AIDS is keeping transport workers from getting tested and seeking proper treatment in Kenya."

Led by PCI Media Impact, Mobilize4Africa is a communications for behaviour change campaign designed to address high levels of sexual violence against women and girls in post-war Liberia, as well as improve their sexual and reproductive health ...

According to the organisers of this international film contest, female condoms may be one of the most promising health technologies available, which people do not know or hear much about. PATH, the Universal Access to Female Condoms (UAFC) Joint ...

"Primeira Infância Melhor (PIM) (Best Early Childhood)" is the public policy of early childhood for Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, organised around three structural axes: the family, the community, and intersectoral cooperation of social services. ...

According to the RESPOND Project, evidence suggests that good couple communication supports better use of family planning, yet, few tools exist to encourage such communication in West Africa. To address this gap, the RESPOND Project developed ...

"School programs can be effective in modifying knowledge, attitudes, and habits relevant to long-term risk of chronic diseases associated with sedentary lifestyles."

"The Arab world in revolution(s)" is a resource of ARTE, a European public-service cultural television channel, that intends to capture the change in Arab countries, often called the "Arab Spring", as "a unique moment in history" and give Arab ...

"...as important as it is to prevent, identify, and punish media abuses  -  including its penchant for stimulating consumerism and early sexualization  - this approach is inadequate to address the interrelationship between the ...

Despite the Indian government recently banning domestic work till the age of 18 years, it persists in Chennai, like in many other parts of India. The majority of child domestic workers are girls - with few of them being residents and the majority ...

  Date: January 16 2013   Cardiff University's Community Journalism Conference will explore the latest thinking, research, and hands-on experience in the rapidly developing field of hyperlocal and community journalism and examine the ...

The Rural Visual Journalism Network (RVJN) project in Bangladesh is designed to address both professional and citizen journalist training. It works to prepare those reporting for specific issues faced by the media - such as governance, gender, ...

The Communication for Social Change Award was established in 2006 to recognise outstanding contributions made by individuals and organisations to the theory and practice of Communication for Social Change (CSC); specifically those that have ...

"It was the coming together of different struggles," explains Selim Ben Hassen, president of the Byrsa movement. "People broadcast these videos out of solidarity, and by doing this, went beyond the fear which Ben Ali was playing on."

#SupportYemen is a non-profit campaign with a mission to "support the peaceful struggle of the Yemeni nation for freedom, equality and social justice." This team of young female and male activists, journalists, videographers, photographers, web ...

This article describes the dilemma of children being exposed to violence against their mothers, both its frequency and its results, and advocates for what makes violence-free relationships more possible. It was written to honour International ...

This article from the journal Caribbean Quarterly (Special Issue on Communication in Action) reviews a condom distribution project in Jamaica through the Communication for Behavioural Impact (COMBI) lens. This framework is used to understand the ...

Yes No Not sure Unaware of "Why Poverty?"

The Drum Beat - 626 - Why Poverty?

Solar Mamas is a film about the heroic efforts of one woman as she overcomes significant difficulties to become a solar engineer. The film follows Rafea, the second wife of a Bedouin, who wants a better life for herself and her children. The ...

Stealing Africa describes the tax system employed by multinational companies in Africa. The film looks at Rüschlikon, a village in Switzerland with a very low tax rate and very wealthy residents. But it receives more tax revenue than it can use. ...

In Give Us The Money, Bob Geldof, Bono and fellow activist Bill Gates speak candidly about the lobbying, strategising and back room deals involved in their near 30 years of activism against poverty and the valuable political currency of ...

Land Rush asks the question: How do you feed the world? In 2008 the world’s food system began to fall apart. Threatened with hunger, rich countries started buying up and leasing fertile tracks of the developing world. With 60% of all arable ...

Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream asks the question: how much inequality is too much? In New York, 740 Park Ave is home to some of the wealthiest Americans. 10 minutes to the north, over the Harlem River, is the other Park Avenue ...

Welcome to the World looks at the fact that every year 130 million babies are born, but their chances in life depend on the lottery of where, how and to whom they are born. The film assesses the prospects of new arrivals in Cambodia, Sierra Leone ...