On August 18, 2019, CGDS Director Dr. Choman Hardi and EU Project Manager Mr. Shko Shwan met with a delegation from the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Jordan, Mr. Roar (Rob) Haugsdal, Minister Counsellor, Ms. Marie Louise Teige, Senior Advisor, and Mr. Knut Eiliv Lein, Special Representative...
On September 5, 2019, CGDS Director Dr. Choman Hardi and LSE Project Manager Mr. Miran Fattah met with UK Consul General in Kurdistan, Mr. James Thornton and Mr. Vinay Anicatt, Head of Political Team. The purpose of the meeting was to introduce CGDS projects to the Consul General, discuss...
On 21 of July 2019, CGDS Director Dr. Choman Hardi received Sorani Mama Hama Prize, given by Livin Magazine, for Freedom of Press. The other two 2019 recipients were Leyla Guven and Fariq Halabjayee. Soran Muhamad Aziz, also known as Sorani Mama Hama, was born in 1986 in Kirkuk....
On August 24 and 25 , 2019, CGDS Director Dr. Choman Hardi took part in Beyond Boarders International Festival, celebrating its 10 th anniversary. The event took place in the ancient Traquire House, on the Scottish borders. Dr. Choman took part in the festival by giving a poetry reading...
Between 19 and 23 July, 2019 CGDS Director Dr. Choman Hardi took part in a Women in Conflict 1325 Fellowship Programme focusing on the arts as a peacebuilding tool. The fellowship was organized by Beyond Borders Scotland and funded by the Scottish government. The fellowship program included a private...
On Monday September 2 nd , 2019, CGDS met with two representatives of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Mr. Lionel Laforgue, the GBV Coordinator in the Humanitarian Programme, and Ms. Azhee Amin, UNFPA’s Gender Programme Analyst, spoke with the CGDS team about working together to promote applied gender...
