On December 3, 2020, World Disability Day, CGDS attended a celebration hosted by the Blind Union of Kurdistan. The union’s director, Mr. Hawbash Noaman, thanked their donors, and other representatives of the union distributed coupons for oil. Mr Shanaw Peshraw announced plans for the Blind Union to engage...
On November 24 and 25, 2020, the CGDS Team conducted a workshop in Erbil for data collectors who will carry out a study on women’s participation in several government institutions in the Kurdistan Region. A total of 25 people participated in exercises, discussions, and informative summaries. Dr. Choman...
CGDS Deputy Director Dr. Lynn Rose attended “Jobs and Perspectives: Improving Prospects for Refugees and Vulnerable Host Communities, a curriculum development meeting hosted by Spark and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. The event, attended by faculty from Erbil and Mosul and members of the Ministry...
On November 30, 2020, the director and several members of the Blind Union met with CGDS to discuss possible ways to collaborate on making a better future for people with disabilities and women in Kurdistan and beyond. We also discussed preparations for World Disability Day, which is held...
By invitation of the Center for Women’s Global Leadership and with the support of UNFPA, CGDS will hold an event during the 16 Days of Activism to investigate the safety of public spaces in Sulaimani for female university alumni and women with disabilities. This community circle, to be...
Choman Hardi is a Co-Director of the UKRI GCRF Gender, Justice and Security Hub, and Assistant Professor at The American University of Iraq, Sulaimani.
On the morning of October 26, 2020, the city of Sulaimani woke up to a bold artistic feminist statement: that violence against women is far...
