On Thursday, October 24th, 2019, His Excellency Dr. Aram Mohammed welcomed a delegation from CGDS to his offices in Erbil. The Minister of Higher Education stated his support for the work of CGDS. We discussed how to go forward with the August 2018 MoHE decree to establish gender...
Dr. Lynn Rose attended the Fourth World Disability Conference, where her paper, “Disability Perceptions and Policy in Sulaimani, Kurdistan,” was named Best Session Paper. The paper summarized CGDS’s activities in educating K-12 students about disability social justice as part of the EU grant to promote gender equity in Iraq...
On October 29th, 2019 Dr. Choman Hardi, CGDS’s founder and director, read some of her poetry, spoke about gender inequality in the Middle East, and highlighted CGDS’s activities, goals, and needs to an audience of about 50 people in New York. The dinner, which was entitled “On Storytelling for...
On Tuesday, October 29th, 2019, representatives from The Migrant Project visited CGDS. Mr. Hawar Anwar Ali, the Project Coordinator, and Ms. Nasik Kadir, the local migrant expert, explained the aims and goals of their NGO to Dr. Lynn Rose, CGDS Deputy Director, and Mr. Shko Shwan, EU Project manager....
Dr. Choman Hardi, CGDS founder and director, participated in events celebrating the 19th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 in New York. The week-long activities focused on discussing progress, obstacles, limitations, and ways forward.
Dr. Hardi took part in the UNWomen's Multi-stakeholder Forum on October 28th....
On October 21st, 2019, CGDS team members Dr. Choman Hardi, Sewe Kader, Shko Shwan, and Hawar Jamal, had a meeting with Mouna Ghanem, Priscilla Megalaa, Nora Rathje, Ilkka Uusitalo, and Ayham Azzam from the Berghof Foundation. The Berghof Foundation is a non-governmental and non-profit organization that is based in...
