On Saturday May 23rd, 2020, Dr. Lynn Rose, CGDS Deputy Director, participated in the webinar “COVID-19 and its Impacts on the differently-abled community.” The webinar was sponsored and produced by WDRPA, the World Disability and Rehabilitation Professionals Association, with which CGDS partnered for the event. Also participating in the...
Dr. Lynn Rose, CGDS Deputy Director, has been invited to be the plenary speaker for the World Disability and Rehabilitation Virtual Conference 2020 (WDRVC 2020) to be held in June 2020. Her talk, “Disabling Myths,” outlines misunderstandings in popular culture about people with disabilities. Dr. Lynn serves as Iraq’s...
CGDS is pleased to announce that the latest article by Dr. Choman Hardi, Director of the Center for Gender Development and Studies, and a Co-Director of the UKRI GCRF Gender, Justice and Security Hub has been published by the London School of Economics (LSE) website. The article addresses the...
On March 10 th , 2020, CGDS representatives traveled to the UN Compound in Erbil to meet with several NGOs in Iraq including UNFPA. The discussions focused on addressing and eliminating GBV in Iraq. Dr. Lynn Rose, CGDS Deputy Director, and Mr. Rasti Ranj, Hub Regional Manager, attended the meeting.
On March 9th, 2020, CGDS Director, Dr. Choman Hardi, took part in an experts meeting entitled “Reimagining Justice: Ending Impunity for Gender-Based Crimes at the Margins” at the City University of New York- School of Law. The event was sponsored by the Human Rights and Gender Justice (HRGJ)...
On March the 6th, 2020, Dr. Choman Hardi, CGDS Director, took part in “I Am The Revolution,” a screening and panel at the graduate center of the City University of New York. The theme of the event was feminist struggles in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Rojava. Hosted by the Emergency...
