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...
Dr. Lynn Rose, CGDS Director of Disability Studies, completed training in the online Digital Oral History Institute, hosted by the AMICAL Consortium. The Institute consisted of three interconnected workshops in the methodology of oral history, facilitated by Dr. Brooke Bryan of Antioch College, Ohio. During the Institute, participants...
The Lynn Rose Fund was established to support the ongoing needs of the Center that are not otherwise funded. Dr. Lynn Rose is Director of Disability Studies at CGDS. The fund has supported travel expenses and translation services, among other activities.
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On February 27, 2022, Dr. Choman Hardi delivered a seminar on women’s rights in the KRI since 1992 at the Clubhouse’s KurdishLivesMatter room. Dr. Choman talked about the positive changes brought about by the women’s rights organizations and whether these changes have led to a reduction in gender-based violence....
