On May 10, 2022, Dr. Choman Hardi joined Dr. Angelika Rettberg and Dr. Camilo Sanchez in a panel discussion titled Sharing Experiences in Career Path: a Process of Continuous Transformation. The panelists discussed the factors that shaped their careers as academics and practitioners in the area of gender justice...
On April 26 2022, Dr. Lynn Rose, CGDS Director of Disability Studies, presented “Tales from the Dead: Women and Health in a Kurdish Prison,” for the Hilary Clinton Center for Women’s Empowerment Guest Speaker Series, held by Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco. The paper was based on...
On Monday, April 11 2022, Dr. Lynn Rose, CGDS Director of Disability Studies, visited Dr. Kani Salar Osman, who directs the Special Education Department at Sulaimani University. Ms. Giota Magga, AUIS Instructor of Mathematics, was also present, along with two guests from Bath Spa University in the UK,...
On April 6 2022, CGDS Director of Disability Studies Dr. Lynn Rose visited the Redoz Center, which serves families of children with special needs by providing assessment and training for the children. The Center also provides training for their teachers. Dr. Lynn spoke with Ms. Bnar Kareem Rasul,...
On April 3, 2022, Manara Magazine published Part Two of the three-part series, “‘With Education You Can Face Every Struggle’: Gendered Higher Education in Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan.” The second part of the series, titled “Beyond Knowledge,” was co-authored by Dr. Lynn Rose, CGDS Director of Disability Studies,...
On April 10, 2022, Dr. Choman Hardi was interviewed by the Youth Network to discuss her research, teaching, and poetry on women’s rights. She talked about her personal journey of returning to Kurdistan after 26 years of displacement, establishing the Center for Gender and Development Studies, and the...
