On March 13, 2022, Dr. Choman Hardi and Mr. Ari Rafiq, the assistant director of the Directorate of Combating Violence Against Women, participated in a seminar on how to respond to gender-based violence as an activist or a service provider. The seminar was organized by the International Federation...
On March 10, 2022, Dr. Choman Hardi read poetry, and discussed women’s writing and their representation in Kurdish men’s work at the Amazon Bookstore. This event was organized by the Reader Friends, a group of readers who have been meeting on a weekly basis for the past two...
On March 30, 2022, Mr. Hama Shex Hady, an artist near completion of his degree at the University of Sulaimani, spoke about his art in the “Introduction to Disability Studies” class. He also spoke about the obstacles that people with disabilities face when they seek their rights. This...
On March 27, 2022, in recognition of Mental Health Month, Ms. Arinn Aanderud, from Provo, Utah, gave the talk “Finding Agency and Voice: How to Critically Engage when Inequality Challenges our Identity and Positionality.” Ms Arinn serves as adjunct faculty in Multicultural Education in the McKay School of Education...
On March 17, 2022, Manara Magazine published the piece “Disability Rights as Human Rights in Sulaimani, Kurdistan-Iraq, authored by Dr. Lynn Rose, CGDS Director of Disability Studies. The piece appears in the first issue of 2022, titled “Suffering, Perseverance, and Hope: Minority Voices from the Middle East and North...
On March 17, 2022, CGDS Director of Disability Studies Dr. Lynn Rose attended the Amazha Organization’s International Deaf Spring Conference, held at the Dawa Hotel in Sulaimani. Speakers, sign language interpreters, and audience members attended from the US and Qatar, as well as from Kurdistan. Several informational talks shed...
