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Autore: Patrizia Fabbri

Mission & Vision

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

Contacts

ORGANIZATION CHART

President: Graziella Mascheroni

Vice President: Antonella Garofalo

Board of directors: Giovanna Cardarelli, Gabriella Gagliardo, Antonella Garofalo, Graziella Mascheroni, Licia Veronesi

General assembly

CONTACTS

For information and to collaborate: cisdaets@cisda.it

For journalists: stampa@cisda.it

For schools: scuola@cisda.it

For the Precious Lives project: vitepreziose@cisda.it

For information and membership of the Euro-Afghan coalition network: retecisda@cisda.it

For information and to join the Staffetta Femminista Staff: staffettafemminista@cisda.it

What you can do

There are many ways in which you can support CISDA’s activities: from organizing events, to providing contributions, with the 5×1000 or becoming an activist.

HERE’S WHAT YOU CAN DO.

Become an activist

Get involved yourself and give your contribution to our actions!

We ask you to share our way of acting, our values and objectives.

We do many things: you can choose to engage in what you like most or, why not, offer us something new.

Send an email to cisdaets@cisda.it with your contact details and giving an indication of what you would be available to do.

Organize an event, the presentation of a book or a film

It is very important for us to be able to organize events where we can tell our story, our commitment and inform about what is happening in Afghanistan, giving voice to the organizations we support.

Particularly significant books or films may be presented during the events.

Send an email to cisdaets@cisda.it with your contact details and the indication of the event you would like to organize.

Organize a meeting in schools

We bring our experience into primary and secondary schools, having created content suitable for all ages.

Send an email to scuola@cisda.it with your contact details and the indication of the meeting you would like to organize.

Join the campaigns of the Euro-Afghan coalition

The Coalition promotes campaigns based on specific appeals that start from the points of the platform as a tool to reach political decision makers in mutual support for the promotion of campaigns and mobilizations.

Join Staffetta Femminista

Staffetta femminista Italia-Afghanistan was created to support CISDA’s Precious Lives, a long-distance adoption project aimed at Afghan women who emerge from violent situations and who we will support in their life projects, in the more overall framework of supporting the personal and political self-determination of women Afghan women.

For information and to join the Staffetta femminista write to staffettafemminista@cisda.it

DONATE NOW

Bank Transfer

Coordinamento Italiano Sostegno Donne Afghane ETS (CISDA)
Banca Popolare Erica – Milan Office

IBAN: IT74Y0501801600000011136660

 

Euro-afghanische Koalition für Demokratie und Säkularismus

CISDA ha deciso di rispondere all’appello delle forze laiche e democratiche  afghane – RAWA (Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan) e a Hambastagi (Solidarity Party of Afghanistan) e di  creare una alleanza tra queste e le Associazioni e le Reti Europee che, pur agendo in ambiti specifici, quali ad esempio il disarmo, pace e antimilitarismo, eguaglianza di genere, questione migratoria, fuoriuscita dalla Nato, individuino terreni comuni di azione per promuovere una reale democrazia sia in Afghanistan, sia in Italia e in Europa.

Cosa ha fatto CISDA

Dopo la presa di potere dei Talebani a metà agosto 2021, abbiamo aggregato tante piazze italiane intorno allo slogan Afghan lives matter-Ogni vita conta con flash mob ed eventi in presenza in numerose città nelle giornate dell’11 e del 25 settembre, e abbiamo avviato il processo di costruzione della Coalizione euro-afghana Stand Up With Afghan Women!  attraverso i primi incontri nazionali.
Fra settembre e dicembre 2021, CISDA ha realizzato o partecipato a circa 150 iniziative in tantissime città italiane, rispondendo alla richiesta delle organizzazioni locali e inviando le proprie attiviste in presenza o in remoto. Diverse sono anche le iniziative realizzate nelle scuole. Le richieste di partecipazione continuano ad arrivare nonostante si sia registrato un calo di attenzione dei media: segno che la società civile invece è molto vitale e determinata a portare avanti la mobilitazione.
Sul piano istituzionale, CISDA è stata invitata alle seguenti audizioni parlamentari:

  • III Commissione/Comitato Permanente per i Diritti Umani nel mondo – Camera (21/09/2021). Indagine conoscitiva sull’impegno dell’italia nella comunità internazionale per la promozione e tutela dei diritti umani e contro le discriminazioni. Insieme a CISDA è stata invitata a partecipare RAWA.
  • III Commissione (Affari Esteri e Migrazioni) e IV Commissione (Difesa) – Senato della Repubblica (intervento internazionale in Afghanistan 09/11/2021). Insieme a CISDA, è stato invitato a partecipare il Prof A. Giustozzi del King’s College di Londra.

Obiettivo della Rete di Coalizione euro-afghana

L’obiettivo della rete di Coalizione è di sostenere la resistenza delle associazioni democratiche in Afghanistan agendo in modo coordinato fra tutte le organizzazioni aderenti alla Coalizione e in collaborazione con altre reti della società civile.

La Coalizione promuove campagne fondate su appelli specifici che partono dai punti della piattaforma come strumento per arrivare ai decisori politici in un mutuo sostegno alla promozione di campagne e mobilitazioni.

Cos’è la Coalizione? Piattaforma politica

Le forze laiche e democratiche afghane chiedono alla società civile occidentale due cose: sostenere l’autodeterminazione del popolo afghano poiché la democrazia non può essergli imposta dall’esterno, e creare una grande rete di sostegno alla loro resistenza in Europa.

Scarica la Piattaforma politica completa della Coalizione per la democrazia e laicità in Eu e Afghanistan dove sono riportati nel dettaglio i principi intorno ai quali si è costituita la Coalizione.

Le campagne e le azioni promosse o sostenute dalla Coalizione euro-afghana

Essere parte attiva della rete euro-afghana di coalizione significa anche agire in un’ottica di sostegno reciproco per mandare a buon fine le campagne e le azioni promosse o adottate da Stand Up With Afghan Women! o lanciate da organizzazioni partner della nostra rete comune.

Come aderire alla Coalizione euro-afghana

Per avere informazioni sulle campagne lanciate o sostenute dalla rete euro-afghana di coalizione e per avere aderire alla Coalizione scrivi a XXXXXX (mail Gruppo Colonia)

Kontakte

ORGANIGRAMMA

Presidente: Graziella Mascheroni
Vicepresidente: Antonella Garofalo
Direttivo: Giovanna Cardarelli, Gabriella Gagliardo, Antonella Garofalo, Graziella Mascheroni, Licia Veronesi
Assemblea generale

CONTATTI

Per contattare la sezione CISDA di Colonia scrivi a XXXXXXXXX

Euro-Afghan coalition for democracy and secularism

CISDA has decided to respond to the appeal of the secular and democratic Afghan forces – RAWA (Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan) and Hambastagi (Solidarity Party of Afghanistan) and to create an alliance between these and the European Associations and Networks which, although acting in specific areas, such as disarmament, peace and anti-militarism, gender equality, migration issue, exit from NATO, identify common grounds for action to promote real democracy both in Afghanistan, Italy and Europe.

What CISDA did

After the Taliban took power in mid-August 2021, we aggregated many Italian squares around the slogan Afghan lives matter – Every life matters with flash mobs and in-person events in numerous cities on 11 and 25 September, and we started the process of building the Euro-Afghan Coalition Stand Up With Afghan Women! through the first national meetings.

Between September and December 2021, CISDA created or participated in around 150 initiatives in many Italian cities, responding to the request of local organizations and sending its activists in person or remotely. There are also various initiatives carried out in schools. Requests for participation continue to arrive despite there being a decline in media attention: a sign that civil society is very vital and determined to continue the mobilization.

On an institutional level, CISDA was invited to the following parliamentary hearings:

• III Permanent Commission/Committee for Human Rights in the world – Chamber (21/09/2021). Fact-finding survey on Italy’s commitment to the international community for the promotion and protection of human rights and against discrimination. RAWA was invited to participate together with CISDA.

• III Commission (Foreign Affairs and Migration) and IV Commission (Defense) – Senate of the Republic (international intervention in Afghanistan 09/11/2021). Together with CISDA, Prof A. Giustozzi of King’s College London was invited to participate.

Objective of the Euro-Afghan Coalition Network

The objective of the Coalition network is to support the resistance of democratic associations in Afghanistan by acting in a coordinated manner among all the organizations belonging to the Coalition and in collaboration with other civil society networks.

The Coalition promotes campaigns based on specific appeals that start from the points of the platform as a tool to reach political decision makers in mutual support for the promotion of campaigns and mobilizations.

What is the Coalition? Political platform

The secular and democratic Afghan forces ask Western civil society for two things: to support the self-determination of the Afghan people since democracy cannot be imposed on them from the outside, and to create a large network of support for their resistance in Europe.

Download the complete political platform of the Coalition for democracy and secularism in the EU and Afghanistan where the principles around which the Coalition was formed are reported in detail.

The campaigns and actions promoted or supported by the Euro-Afghan Coalition

Being an active part of the Euro-Afghan coalition network also means acting with a view to mutual support to bring the campaigns and actions promoted or adopted by Stand Up With Afghan Women to a successful conclusion! or launched by partner organizations in our common network.

How to join the Euro-Afghan Coalition

For information on the campaigns launched or supported by the Euro-Afghan coalition network and to join the Coalition, write to cisdaets@cisda.it.