Women in Sulaimani were invited by Horizon Relief, an NGO, to exhibit and sell their art and handicrafts. CGDS attended the event, which was held at the Sulaimani Library, on Saturday, October 19 th , 2019. In addition to crafts, a wide variety of traditional Kurdish food was on...
In order to work together to implement the August 2018 ministerial decree to implement gender education in institutions of higher education throughout the KRG, CGDS traveled to Erbil on Sunday, October 13 th , 2019. Present at this planning meeting were Ms . Amal Jalal, Director General of the...
Dr. Choman Hardi, Dr. Lynn Rose, and Mr. Miran Fattah visited Mr. Jamal Hussain, Director General in the Ministry of Culture, in his Erbil offices, on Sunday, October 13 th , 2019. Along with exchanging basic updates about each other’s work, we discussed progress with the August 2018...
On Sunday, October 13 th , a CGDS Team traveled to Erbil to meet with representatives of MADRE, an international women’s human rights organization. The MADRE team consisted of three lawyers, members from the organization’s Legal Advocacy arm. J.M. Kirby and Lisa Davis were visiting from New York; a...
Hosted by AUIS Student Services as part of “Celebrate Our Differences” Diversity Week, Sign Language Instructor Ms. Bahara Mahmood Mohammed introduced some basic signing concepts to an audience of AUIS students, faculty, and staff on October 9th, 2019. Ms. Bahara, of the Hiwa Foundation, has 30 years of experience...
On October 1st, 2019, CGDS Director Dr. Choman Hardi, EU Project Manager Mr. Shko Shwan, Hub Regional Manager Mr. Rasti Ranj, and LSE Project Manager Mr. Miran Fattah met with Deputy Prime Minister Mr. Qubad Talabani. Also present in the meeting were Dr. Yusif Goran, the previous...
