STAND UP FOR CHANGE WITH AFGHAN WOMEN! It is a platform defined on the basis of shared political objectives between European civil society and secular and democratic Afghan organizations. Cisda has decided to respond to the call of the Afghan secular and democratic forces - RAWA (Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan) and Hambastagi (Solidarity Party of Afghanistan) and to create an alliance between them and the European Associations and Networks that, while acting in specific areas, such as disarmament, peace and anti-militarism, gender equality, migration issues, exit from NATO, identify common ground for action to promote real democracy in Afghanistan, Italy and Europe.
The aim of the Coalition network is to support the resistance of democratic associations in Afghanistan by acting in a coordinated way among all 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 policy makers in a mutual support to promote campaigns and mobilizations (see "Campaigns and actions promoted by Cisda and partner associations of Stand Up for Change with Afghan Women!).
TEXT OF THE POLITICAL PLATFORM OF THE COALITION
CIVIL SOCIETY APPEAL TO GOVERNMENTS AND EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS
In Afghanistan, the population has been war-torn for over 40 years. The last twenty years of military occupation by NATO allied forces (2001 - 2021), have produced hundreds of thousands of direct and indirect victims of the conflict, due to firefights and bombings, but also to hunger, lack of water and infrastructure necessary for the survival of the population. The proliferation of opium cultivation and trade is another consequence of the war that has led to further impoverishment of the population due to the forced reconversion of crops, the transformation of peasants who own land into exploited labor and forced to work under threat, and widespread drug addiction.
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HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COALITION
Let us know your adhesion to the Coalition network by sending it to Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo. together with the logo of your organization and with the following information: name of your organization; data of the contact person with telephone number and direct email address; city or territorial area in which you operate; link to your web page and to your social networks. THANK YOU!
According to the availability of each organization, we ask members to:
Participate in national Coalition online assemblies (generally one convocation every two/three months). Communications and reports of the meetings will be sent to the contact person(s) you indicated in your membership. We will also be happy to propose to our Afghan comrades enrichments to the text of the political platform, from an intersectional point of view: we will welcome any contributions from your specificity of action and experience;
Mobilize with us to support the Coalition's actions;
help us to collect further adhesions in your territory;
use for initiatives and events that can be linked to the Coalition STAND UP FOR CHANGE WITH AFGHAN WOMEN! the banner common to all our network to be included in your promotional material for greater impact in the media and towards policy makers. The image was created by one of the young guests of the orphanage supported by Cisda in Kabul, evacuated for security reasons during the Taliban advance in August 2021. We will carry this image with us throughout the Coalition's journey. The banner can be obtained from Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo.
Cisda is committed to take care of the Coalition network by continuing to organize national online meetings for sharing among all the realities involved. These meetings will be extended to the European and extra-European realities that will want to join.
Cisda, is available to participate (in presence or remotely), subject to the availability of its activists who are all volunteers, to the events that will be organized locally by member organizations to present the platform STAND UP FOR CHANGE WITH AFGHAN WOMEN!
