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...
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...
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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Dr. Lynn Rose, CGDS Deputy Director, presented her paper, “Disability in Kurdistan-Iraq by the Numbers,” at the Society for Applied Anthropology meeting on Saturday, March 27, 2021. She also chaired the session “Disability and Development,” which was part of the strand for the Society for Disability Studies. The conference, held...
In honor of International Women’s Day, 8 March, 2021, CGDS participated in “Bridging Perspectives” in collaboration with the London School of Economics Department of Government. Dr. Lynn Rose, CGDS Deputy Director, moderated the panel, titled “Gender Justice and Gender Norms.” The panel aimed at considering the role of harmful...
