The Spring 2021 edition of the Disability History Association News includes a piece on disability in Kurdistan written by CGDS Deputy Director Dr. Lynn Rose. CGDS is an institutional member of the DHA.
Notes from the Center for Gender and Development Studies in Kurdistan-Iraq...
On Thursday, April 1 2021, CGDS along with the department of Social Sience at the American University Iraq, Sulaimani organized an open forum "Israel- Palestine and Iraq-Kurdistan Conflicts - The Similarities, Lessons and the Way Forward" in which four AUIS students presented research that resulted from their work...
On Wednesday, March 24, 2021, CGDS director Dr. Choman Hardi facilitated a training workshop for the International Federation of Medical Students' Association (IFMSA-Kurdistan). The workshop was titled Gender, Patriarchy, and the Masculine Value system. It was organized by IFMSA's Standing Committee on Human Rights and Peace (SCORP). Twenty...
On Saturday, March 27, 2021, Dr. Choman Hardi, CGDS Director, presented some of the findings from the Masculinity, Violence, and Prevention research to a gathering in Chawder. The seminar launched Dabran Platform and Enlightenment Feminism's fifth series of Dialogue of Diversity. The talk was titled “Definitions and Problems...
In celebration of International Women’s Day, CGDS director Dr. Choman Hardi took part in a panel discussion about women’s leadership roles on March 6, 2021. The panel was organized by the “Stop Killing Women” campaign and it focused on women’s legal and economic status as well as their...
With thanks to the UNFPA, which supports us is empowering women and combatting GBV, CGDS hosted a morning movie on Thursday, March 11, 2021 for the women of disability advocacy organizations in Sulaimani. Twenty-five women from Autism Blue, the Blind Union, the Handicap Union, Rozh Society, and the...
