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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.
 
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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Reproductive choice and women living with HIV/AIDS

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  • Maria de Bruyn
Based on an extensive reviews and interviews with key informants in Australia, India, Kenya, South Africa and Thailand this report summarises the discrimination and barriers women living with HIV/AIDS face in exercising their full sexual and reproductive rights.

The interviews aimed to elicit information and ideas about the difficulties that women living with HIV/AIDS (WHA) may face in preventing and dealing with both planned and unwanted pregnancies.

From the conclusion... "Like other women, WHA should have the right to choose whether or not to carry pregnancies to term... From a human rights perspective, it is essential that measures be taken to ensure that WHA are able to exercise their right to decide whether and when to have children. This means that they must have control over their reproductive decisions and be enabled to carry out their decisions voluntarily and safely..."

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