As part of our EU-funded project on gender education in the MENA region, CGDS is offering a four-day workshop, “Introduction to Social Justice,” for NGO workers from Baghdad and southern Iraq. Thirty two participants were hosted at the Titanic Hotel in Sulaimani, where the workshop took place. The workshop opened on the first day, September 14th, with an introduction to CGDS followed by an “Icebreaker” exercise. Dr. Lynn Rose, Deputy Director of CGDS, presented “Sex and Gender,” a basic overview of the key terms and concepts in gender studies. CGDS’ Director, Dr. Choman Hardi, offered an overview of social justice, followed by the “Privilege Walk,” an exercise on awareness of socio-economic hierarchies. The logistics of the workshop were coordinated by CGDS MENA Community Liaison Mr. Miran Fattah, assisted by the EU Project Manager Mr. Shko Shwan and Mr. Ali Hussein Abo-Jadya, CGDS Research Assistant. Mr. Jamil Ali provided superb consecutive translation to and from Arabic, English, and Kurdish. Mr. Ramyar Jamal, CGDS Research Assistant for our LSE Project on masculinities, also attended.