On July 30, 2019, the Center for Gender and Development Studies visited Cihan University Sulimaniya, which hosted a forum for universities and NGOs to discuss implementing the government decree (August 2019), to establish gender centers in all universities. The opening speakers introduced issues of implementation such as the gender studies...
The overall objective of the consultative meeting in Iraq and Kurdistan Regional of Iraq (KRI) was to have a discussion with partners from Governments, civil society organizations, UN Agencies and donors on the new UNFPA Country Programme 2020-2024. The discussion is to agree on the outline, general directions, main interventions...
Twenty five years ago, UNFPA hosted the first International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo, focusing on population development, women’s health, and women’s rights. To commemorate that event, celebrate progress, and encourage governments to recommit to the agenda, UNFPA hosted the 25 th Anniversary Conference, ¨25...
On Sunday and Monday, July 21st and 22nd, the Center for Gender and Development Studies Team held a workshop on gender awareness. This event, part of the Gender Studies Summer School, funded by the CGDS European Union grant for gender education in the MENA Region, in collaboration with United Nations...
The Center for Gender and Development Studies, with friends and supporters from the university and the community, celebrated the launch of our research project on July 17, 2019. We were awarded a five-year grant totaling over a million dollars to research Masculinities and Violence. After opening remarks by President Bruce,...
The Center for Gender and Development Studies (CGDS) at American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS) announced today the...
