The men and the women serving in Afghanistan are fully aware – just as we are – that their presence not only contributes to rebuilding this tormented Country, but also to ensuring our freedom and to keeping the dangers of war and terrorism away from our homes.
Many times have I stated that this mission will not be a done deal unless the so-called process of afghanisation is finalised. This means that local institutions and the Afghan people would have to acquire a minimum degree of autonomy so that they can decide on their future and manage all available resources on their own.
Having this in mind, I am deeply convinced that a wider Italian military engagement should be flanked by a much deeper action and political strategy aimed at providing stability to the Country, and that more effective institution building activities should be implemented with a view to consolidating the local civil society.
Within the framework of such projects, the media do play a leading role too: the workshop titled ‘Women and journalism: representation and professionalization of the Afghan woman in the local and global media’ is part of the initiatives. It was promoted by the International Solidarity Centre of the Catholic University of Milan, whose partners are the Fondiaria Sai Foundation, the Italian Embassy in Kabul and the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) of Herat, an Army-framework unit involved in reconstruction, development and governance efforts. ››
Ignazio La Russa
Minister of Defence
of the Italian Republic
by Giulia Ligresti
Last February when I left for Afghanistan with the intention of setting up a school for the children of Herat I was unaware what I would be up against. I realised that the first priority, in such a country, was to give voice to the women who are still oppressed by the Taliban. Meeting these women covered by their burka was an extraordinary experience. The thing that impressed ››
by Soraiya Hashemi
My first experience as a journalist was the press conference with Maria Bashir, held in this course.
Ms. Maria Bashir is the chief of the Attorney Department of Herat. She was appointed to this post five years ago. At that time she was one of the of the colleagues of the department
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by Marco Lombardi
Women. Students. Journalists. 3 ways of living which break the usual rules and behaviour in Afghanistan. One of the first results of our journalistic course was that 20 female students armed with digital cameras ››
by S. H.
Everybody knows that the number of international forces is increasing more and more in Afghanistan every day. One of the famous groups of forces is ISAF. People mostly think that ISAF forces are here just to ››