CGDS | Center of Gender Development and Studies

EU Project: Dr. Lynn Rose Interviews Alex Poppe

Funded by the EU, CGDS is producing podcasts, in Kurdish, Arabic and English to promote understanding of gender issues in the region. The following is one of the podcasts produced for the project. Girl, World was named a 35 Over 35 Debut Book Award winner, First Horizon Award finalist, Montaigne...

Dr. Lynn Rose, Deputy Director at CGDS, is interviewing Ms. Alex Poppe, who is with the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani, and who is author of several published works of fiction and nonfiction, including two books: Girl, World (2017) and Moxie (2019).

EU Project: Dr. Akeel Abbas Interviews Rawan Salim

Funded by the EU, CGDS is producing podcasts, in Kurdish, Arabic and English to promote understanding of gender issues in the region. The following is one of the podcasts produced for the project. Her father and liberal views had impacted her way of thinking and growth significantly. He used to...

An interview of the social activist from Hillah, Rawan Salim with Dr. Akeel Abas. Rawan’s childhood and upbringing was filled with conflict between her father and mother. The father was open minded and liberal, and the mother was conservative and religious.

EU Project: Dr. Akeel Abbas Interviews Tamara Imad

Funded by the EU, CGDS is producing podcasts, in Kurdish, Arabic and English to promote understanding of gender issues in the region. The following is one of the podcasts produced for the project. A skype interview with Journalist Tamara Imad. Studying Media and Television at university; Imad started as a...

A skype interview with Journalist Tamara Imad. Studying Media and Television at university; Imad started as a blogger on Tumblr. She had various interests and started writing about politics, human rights, and social life.

EU Project: CGDS Director Interview with Voice of America on Gender Equality

Funded by the EU, CGDS is producing podcasts, in Kurdish, Arabic and English to promote understanding of gender issues in the region. The following is one of the podcasts produced for the project. The podcast began by discussing the differences between gender equality and gender superiority. The latter tends to...

Balen Salih from The Voice of America hosted Dr. Choman Hardi in a discussion about gender inequality in the Kurdistan Region.

EU Project: An interview of Dr. Lynn Rose, Dr. Andrea Zittlau, Mr. Shko Shwan, & Mr. Rezhyar Fakhir with XFM by Kosha Hussein and Helan Star

Funded by the EU, CGDS is producing podcasts, in Kurdish, Arabic and English to promote understanding of gender issues in the region. The following is one of the podcasts produced for the project. The main theme of this podcast is feminism. The definition of what feminism is, its misconceptions, and...

Dr. Andrea Zittlau who is a teacher at the University of Rostock, Germany. Mr. Rezhyar Fakhir, an advocate for peace who has held several workshops through the Christian Peacemaker Team. Dr. Lynn Rose, who is a professor of the Social Sciences at AUIS and Deputy Director at CGDS. Mr. Shko Shwan who began as CGDS’ co-ordinator and is currently the project manager for the EU project.

EU Project: Femininity and Masculinity

A short film created as a part of the EU Project implemented by the Center for Gender Studies and Development.

EU Project: Beauty Myth

A short film on beauty myths, created as a part of the EU Project implemented by the Center for Gender Studies and Development.

EU Project: Childhood Gender Norms & Socialization

A short film created as a part of the EU Project implemented by the Center for Gender Studies and Development.

EU Project: المعايير الجندرية في مرحلة الطفولة والتنشئة الاجتماعية

فديو قصير يتناول موضوع المعايير الجندرية في مرحلة الطفولة والتنشئة الاجتماعية في منطقة الشرق الاوسط بشكل عام وفي العراق بشكل خاص. هذا الفديو تم عمله من قبل سنتر الدراسات التنموية الجندرية، في الجامعة الامريكية في السليمانية. الفديو جزء من المشروع الممول من قبل الاتحاد الاوربي.

EU Project: اسطورة الجمال

فديو قصير يتناول موضوع الجمال (عند المرأة) في منطقة الشرق الاوسط بشكل عام وفي العراق بشك خاص هذا الفديو تم عمله من قبل سنتر الدراسات التنموية الجندرية، في الجامعة الامريكية في السليمانية. الفديو جزء من المشروع الممول من قبل الاتحاد الاوربي.