On May 3 2021, Dr. Rita Columbia, the UNFPA Country Representative for Iraq, met with President Bruce Ferguson, CGDS Director Dr. Choman Hardi, Deputy Director Dr. Lynn Rose, and UNFPA Project Manager Dr. Hawar Ameen. Dr. Columbia, an expert in public health and sexual and reproductive health, took...
With generous support from the EU, as part of our project "Enhancing Education, Developing Community, and Promoting Visibility to Effect Gender Equity in Iraq and the MENA Region, " CGDS has been working to found a network of academics who are interested in gender studies. Most teachers and...
Choman Hardi - Director of Center for Gender and Development Studies
There are times when we all wonder why we are doing what we are doing – when we feel exhausted and depleted of energy and hope. The recent weeks have been like this for me....
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...
