Dr. Lynn Rose, CGDS Deputy Director, visited three disability advocacy organizations in Somalia and one in Ethiopia during the third week of March, 2021. She met first with SODEN, the Somalia Organization for Disability Empowerment Network, in Mogadishu. SODEN serves people with disabilities of all types, and focuses...
In celebration of International Women’s Week, CGDS thanked the university’s 24 female cleaning staff for their service all around the year. On Sunday, March 14, 2021, we presented fabric for Kurdish clothes as a token of our appreciation for their steadfast work. They have always kept our campus...
As part of International Women’s Week, CGDS, with generous support from the EU, hosted a two-part colloquium about disability, diversity, and inclusion. On March 10, 2021, four groups made presentations on ableism, epistemic violence, inclusivity, and the medical/social models. Workshop participants and presenters included AUIS student-facilitators Ms. Raz...
Beyond Borders Scotland, a platform for dialogue and international cultural exchange, sponsored a workshop series on Arts & Peacebuilding on Tuesday, March 9, 2021 as part of the Women in Conflict 1325 Fellowship Programme. Dr. Choman, CGDS Founder and Director, led a workshop on using poetry to explore...
Pen International’s Women Writers Committee sponsored “Empowering Women’s Voices” at the 2021 Pen International Annual meeting. The Writers in Exile panel, on March 21, 2021, featured three speakers, including Dr. Choman, CGDS Founder and Director. The panelists spoke about living a “double life,” advocacy, and the role of...
It was after learning about feminism and human rights in his university classes that Zheera Hassan, an English literature major, decided to pursue the gender studies minor at the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani. “These were things that I wanted to see in society,” he says.
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