By invitation of the Center for Women’s Global Leadership and with the support of UNFPA, CGDS held an event during the 16 Days of Activism to investigate the safety of public spaces in Sulaimani. Nineteen women—AUIS alumni, women with disabilities, and representatives from five disability advocacy organizations attended...
In recognition of World Disability Day and supported by the EU, CGDS attended the celebration hosted by the Handicapped Union of Kurdistan. Dr. Lynn Rose, CGDS Deputy Director, delivered congratulations to Mr. Saman Husain and his organization, and pledged that CGDS will join forces with people with disabilities...
By invitation of the Center for Women’s Global Leadership and with the support of UNFPA, CGDS will hold an event during the 16 Days of Activism to investigate the safety of public spaces in Sulaimani for female university alumni and women with disabilities. This community circle, to be...
On Thursday, October 15, 2020, medialine.org , a news organization featuring news in the Middle East, hosted “Rising Kurdistan.” The main topic of this one-day event was young people’s contribution to social and political change in Kurdistan. The keynote speaker was Mr. Karwan Jamal Tahir, Kurdistan Regional Government...
On October 21st, 2020, CGDS Deputy Director Dr. Lynn Rose and EU MENA Coordinator Ms. Tara Burhan visited the Blind Union of Kurdistan. Mr Hawbash, the union’s president, gave us a brief overview of the organization. Founded on the 17th of July 1994, the main goal of the...
CGDS is pleased to welcome Tara Mohammed Shwani to our team. Ms.Tara now lives in the city of Sulaimani, but she was born in Baghdad and lived there for 10 years. Her position at CGDS is the MENA Community Liaison. This position helps CGDS to build a MENA-wide...
CGDS is pleased to announce that Mr. Rebaz Majeed had joined CGDS as a research assistant for our project on masculinities, funded by the Global Challenges Research Fund and...
Ms. Savan Abdulrahman Ahmed, the editor-in-chief at DidiMn, a Kurdish cultural website, joined CGDS in October 2020 to work on our project, on the roots of masculinity, as a Research Assistant. This project, funded by the Global Challenges Research Fund, is in partnership with the London School of...
CGDS is very happy to welcome Mr. Twana Dlsoz Kamal as our team’s driver. Mr. Twana, from Sulaimani, joined us inSeptember, 2020, as part of our UNFPA-funded initiative to improve gender equity in Kurdistan-Iraq. He has previousexperience working as a driver with UNFPA and UNHCR. He is married...
With our new UNFPA project that aims to increase gender equity in Kurdistan-Iraq, CGDS is pleased to announce the addition of Mr. Hamno Nawzad Abdullah to our team. Mr. Hamno is from Tawella, Hawraman, near Sulaimani. He joined CGDS in September 2020 as a finance assistant. He has...
