One of CGDS’s areas of emphasis is academic scholarship, in which we are very active. Our scholarship focuses on women and other marginalized groups and always intends to increase awareness and contribute to systemic change. We are pleased to be institutional members of the Society for Applied Anthropology,...
On October 7 th , 2020, CGDS traveled to Erbil to meet with the High Council of Women’s Affairs and representatives of UN-Women to discuss our joint project with UNFPA, focusing on the research project on women’s leadership in the KRI. Dr. Choman, CGDS Director, summarized our activity...
On October 7 th , Dr. Choman, Director of CGDS, was a guest of the Save the Children-Iraq organization in Erbil. She read a series of her poems on genocide followed by a lighter poem, “The Seventh Wedding Invitation,” from her collection Considering the Women . Dr. Choman...
Ms. Savan Abdulrahman Ahmed, the editor-in-chief at DidiMn, a Kurdish cultural website, joined CGDS in October 2020 to work on our project, on the roots of masculinity, as a Research Assistant. This project, funded by the Global Challenges Research Fund, is in partnership with the London School of...
CGDS is very happy to welcome Mr. Twana Dlsoz Kamal as our team’s driver. Mr. Twana, from Sulaimani, joined us inSeptember, 2020, as part of our UNFPA-funded initiative to improve gender equity in Kurdistan-Iraq. He has previousexperience working as a driver with UNFPA and UNHCR. He is married...
CGDS is very pleased to announce that Mr. Muhammad Usman, who prefers to be called Shakir, will join CGDS for the spring 2021 semester as our first Jan Warner Visiting Scholar. Mr. Shakir, who is a poet, scriptwriter, educationist, and peaceworker, is completing his interdisciplinary PhD at the...
