EU Project: Rewritten Kurdish Misogynistic Songs, "Aw Chawanai Halyandene"
Rewritten Kurdish Misogynistic Songs.
EU Project: Dr. Choman Hardi’s Interview about Gender Based Violence with Nawa Radio Station
Funded by the EU, CGDS is producing 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. In 2007, Dw’a’s murder sent a ripple of shock through society and the case is still under investigation...
Dr. Choman Hardi Director of Center for Gender Studeis and Development was invited to this podcast to discuss the attempts at preventing Gender Based Violence (GBV).
EU Project: Interview with Ms. Maysoon Al-Damluji by Dr. Akeel
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. She mentions how in certain aspects, women have contributed more than men inside the parliament. However, women...
Ms. Maysoon, is a liberal Iraqi women’s rights activist and a member of the Iraqi parliament. In this podcast she discusses the role of women in both the Iraqi parliament and politics.
New Publication by CGDS Deputy Director
CGDS is happy to announce that an article by Dr. Lynn Rose, CGDS Deputy Director, has been published in Opción 24, Special Edition 35 (2019): 473-485 (ISSN 1012-1587/ISSNe: 2477-9385). The article, “Unlearning Learned Helplessness by Volunteerism and Service-Learning,” summarizes service-learning and volunteerism at AUIS, and highlights the service-learning course...
Sunday, January 26, 2020 - 13:45
EU Project: Ms. Goshan Mohammed’s Podcast on Abortion
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. This podcast and discussion on abortion is ignited by the 99 year sentence that was issued on...
Ms. Goshan Mohammed, Lecturer in Math and Sciences Department at AUIS and a CGDS veteran, in a podcast discusses the laws and restrictions made in regards to abortion. She further elaborates on why and how these laws and restrictions might’ve been established.
CGDS Deputy Director Appointed Scientific Committee Member at TIIKM
The International Institute of Knowledge Management (TIIKM) has appointed Dr. Lynn Rose, CGDS Deputy Director, as Scientific Committee Member at the 5th World Disability & Rehabilitation Conference 2020 (WDRC 2020) to be held on the 7th – 8th November 2020 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Dr. Lynn will support this...
Wednesday, January 22, 2020 - 19:00
EU Project: An Interview of Dr. Akeel Abbas with ‘Nawa Radio Station’ about the history of Women’s rights in Iraq
Funded by the EU, CGDS is producing 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 encouragement of women’s rights in Iraq began in 1910 by the famous Iraqi poet Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi...
Dr. Akeel Abbas, Assistant Professor in the English Department at AUIS and a memeber of the EU project team, in a podcast discusses the history of iraqi feminism, and how it was origniated from 1910 until the modern day.
Gender Studies and the Gender Centers in the Kurdistan region
Dr. Choman Hardi’s Speech at the Annual Gender Center Conference
I returned to teach English Literature and set up gender studies at AUIS in 2014. The university was not in a position to start a new program at the time. The IS war, the Ezidi genocide,...
Tuesday, December 17, 2019 - 13:45
CGDS Participates in Annual Gender Center Conference
On Thursday, December 5th, 2019, the CGDS team participated in the annual conference for the gender canters in Kurdistan. The conference took place in Sulaimani and was part of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence. It was organized by the KRG High Council of Women’s Affairs and...
Tuesday, December 17, 2019 - 13:45
CGDS’s Launch of 16 Days of Activism
On November the 25th, 2019, CGDS held its own launch of the 16 Days of Activism campaign against gender based violence. The event took place in the conference hall at AUIS. Ms. Ashley Durec, representative from the Embassy of Canada; Erbil Office, gave a speech about gender equality. Following...
Sunday, December 8, 2019 - 14:15
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CGDS is pleased to announce that Dr. Choman Hardi, Director of CGDS, and Dr. Lynn Rose, Deputy Director, have submitted their co-authored paper for publication...
