Twenty five years ago, UNFPA hosted the first International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo, focusing on population development, women’s health, and women’s rights. To commemorate that event, celebrate progress, and encourage governments to recommit to the agenda, UNFPA hosted the 25th Anniversary Conference, ¨25 Years of the...
On Sunday and Monday, July 21st and 22nd, the Center for Gender and Development Studies Team held a workshop on gender awareness. This event, part of the Gender Studies Summer School, funded by the CGDS European Union grant for gender education in the MENA Region, in collaboration with United Nations...
Representatives from DCO (Dialogue and Culture, an NGO founded in 2015 and active in 162 countries), visited the Center for Gender and Development Studies on Sunday, June 30, 2019. Ms. Srusht Rauf Amin and Mr. Mohammed Abdulaziz are in the process of creating connections locally and internationally, and reached out...
On Monday September 2 nd , 2019, CGDS met with two representatives of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Mr. Lionel Laforgue, the GBV Coordinator in the Humanitarian Programme, and Ms. Azhee Amin, UNFPA’s Gender Programme Analyst, spoke with the CGDS team about working together to promote applied gender...
A delegation from the Consulate General of the United States in Erbil visited the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS) on December 15, 2015. The delegation was headed by the Consul General in Erbil, Matthias Mitman, who was accompanied by Public Affairs Officer Anthony Deaton, Political...
Choman Hardi, AUIS professor, poet, and researcher in gender and violence studies, was invited to facilitate a series of workshops on gender and the media at Nalia News Television (NRT) headquarters. As part of NRT’s career development, over 200 staff members and journalists were encouraged to...
On April 29, 2019, CGDS, as part of the Gender Balance Group of the 9th Cabinet, met with the Speaker of Kurdistan Parliament, Dr. Vala Fareed, held a Press Conference, and met with the High Council of Women's Affairs, requesting support to...
Dr. Lynn Rose, Professor in the Social Sciences, and Mr. Shko Shwan, CGDS Project Coordinator, as representatives of the Center for Gender and Development Studies at AUIS, attended the workshop “Call to Action on Protection from GBV in Emergencies,” sponsored by ECHO (European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid...
