The women of CISDA have been active in promoting solidarity projects in favor of Afghan women since 1999. The first meeting with the women of RAWA and HAWCA took place at the ARCI Isolotto in Florence and, later, at the People’s UN of Perugia to which they were invited by the “Women in Black”.
Since then, this group of women has continued its activity, also collaborating with other Afghan associations and activists.
Since 2014, at the request of Afghan comrades, CISDA’s support and information activity has also been aimed at the Kurdish resistance.
The aims of the CISDA fall within the scope of social solidarity, training, the promotion of culture, the protection of civil rights and women’s rights in Italy and abroad.
The Association has as its foundation the sharing of the human values of each person, regardless of religion, origin, culture and nationality; the priority aim is the promotion of political-social initiatives both at a national and international level, on the condition of women who find themselves in disadvantaged situations from a family, economic, social and political point of view, with particular reference to Afghan women.
Within the social fabric, CISDA intends, by promoting the diffusion of a culture and practice of solidarity:
- contribute to overcoming marginalizing attitudes, with openness to acceptance and sharing and for education towards multiracial social coexistence, in a spirit of brotherhood and non-violence;
- promote the elimination of factors that hinder full and free human, social and economic development;
- achieve growth and development, both locally and internationally, in the search for greater justice between peoples, respecting the rational exploitation of resources and the environmental limits of the planet
