Italian Association for Women in Development

AIDOS (Associazione italiana donne per lo sviluppo) is an Italian women's association and non-governmental development cooperation organization whose work began in 1981. It works in Italy, Europe and many countries of the Global South to build, promote and defend the rights, dignity and freedom of choice of women and girls. Its areas of work include sexual and reproductive rights and health, freedom from gender-based violence, economic empowerment and the sharing of knowledge. It works in partnership with local organizations and institutions, and in 1992 it was recognized by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an entity eligible to manage public funds for development cooperation projects. It is registered as a Third Sector Entity in the Single National Register of the Third Sector of the Ministry of Labour and Social Policies, and holds special consultative status with ECOSOC.

The path of AIDOS began in 1981, as a women's association and non-governmental development cooperation organization. Since its founding it has worked in many countries of the Global South, in Europe and in Italy to build, promote and defend the rights, dignity and freedom of choice of women and girls. It works in partnership with local organizations and institutions to provide tools to women and their organizations, especially in fields where Italian and international feminist movements have made fundamental and transformative contributions, such as sexual and reproductive rights and health, freedom from gender-based violence, economic empowerment and the sharing of knowledge. In 1992 it was recognized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an entity eligible to manage public funds for development cooperation projects. It is today a Third Sector Entity, registered in the Single National Register of the Third Sector of the Ministry of Labour and Social Policies, and holds special consultative status with ECOSOC.

An Italian women's association and non-governmental development cooperation organization working for gender justice and the rights and freedom of choice of women and girls.

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