On September 7 2022, Dr. Lynn Rose, CGDS Director of Disability Studies, served as plenary speaker at ICISPE, the International Conference on Indonesia Social and Political Enquieries. The conference was hosted via Zoom by the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Diponegoro. The theme...
In late August and early September 2022, the Center for Gender and Development Studies conducted three poetry writing workshops as part of its Masculinity, Violence, and Prevention project. CGDS Director, Dr. Choman Hardi, led the workshops at the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS) and University of Halabja...
On September 3 2022, Dr. Lynn Rose, CGDS Director of Disability Studies, provided a full-day workshop, “How to Achieve Inclusive Education: A Legal Basis in KRG.” The workshop, organized by the Halabja Disability Organization and funded by the Finnish organization Fida, trained 13 Directors of Education from Halabja...
On Thursday, August 25, 2022, the Center for Gender and Development Studies conducted its first focus group discussion in collaboration with the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (MOLSA) in Erbil. Dr. Choman Hardi, CGDS Director, and Dr. Twana Abdwlrahman, CGDS research fellow, facilitated the discussion. This was...
On August 17 2022, CGDS Director of Disability Studies Dr. Lynn Rose, along with APP Director Ms. Zimkitha Mpatheni and translator Ms. Shabang Sardar, visited the Halabja Disability Organization. The director of the organization, Mr. Mariwan Wahbi Rashid, along with Ms. Nyan Aziz, Mr. Rastgo Adil, and their...
On Tuesday, July 26, 2022, the British Consul General David Hunt and his team visited CGDS. Representing CGDS were CGDS Director Dr. Choman Hardi; Dr. Lynn Rose, CGDS Director of Disability Studies; and Dr. Twana A. Hassan, CGDS Research Fellow. Ms. Shanya Mohammed, CGDS Project Officer was also...
