In order to work together to implement the August 2018 ministerial decree to implement gender education in institutions of higher education throughout the KRG, CGDS traveled to Erbil on Sunday, October 13th, 2019. Present at this planning meeting were Ms. Amal Jalal, Director General of the High Council of Women’s Affairs, and Ms Azhee Amin, representing UNFPA (the United Nations Population Fund). We made organizational progress and set the agenda for upcoming meetings.