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...
On Monday, April 29th, 2019, The Center for Gender and Development Studies presented a workshop, “The Gender Dimension: Feminist Scholarship” to about 20 students and staff at the University of Kufa in Najaf, Iraq. Dr. Alaa Hussain Al-Rihimi, Dean of the Faculty of Arts, expressed interest in collaborating with CGDS...
As part of its EU grant to promote education about gender and diversity, CGDS offered three workshops as part of the training for Diversity Discussants. Several AUIS students participated in the workshops on April 9th, 10th, and 11th, 2019. Once trained, these Diversity Discussants, all AUIS students,...
CGDS, in collaboration with Internews, conducted a series of focus group discussions in the cities of Chamchamal, Halabja, Rania, Kirkuk, and Kalar in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. The focus groups aimed to assess the community’s understanding...
Ms. Nancy Bergeron, Head of the Office of the Embassy of Canada to Iraq, Erbil, hosted a lunch meeting for representatives of the Center for Gender and Development Studies on Monday, March 25th, in Erbil. Included among the guests were Ms. Barbara Wolf, the German Consul...
On Saturday, March 2nd, the Center for Gender and Development Studies conducted a training workshop on disability awareness. The workshop was part of the EU- funded project to prepare Diversity Discussants to go into the public schools and lead workshops on disability awareness, ethnic/religious diversity, and gender...
