Mr. Saman Hussain, the President of the Handicapped Union of Kurdistan, hosted CGDS on Wednesday, October 28, 2020. He and other officers and members of the organization spoke with Dr. Lynn Rose, CGDS Deputy Director, and Ms. Tara Burhan, CGDS’s EU MENA Liaison. Founded in 1996, the entire...
On October 14 2020, Deputy Director Dr. Lynn Rose and Ms. Tara Burhan, the MENA Coordinator for our EU project, visited Ms. Ashna Saeed, founder and director of Autism Blue. Mr. Lawen Sirwan accompanied as our translator. Autism Blue was registered as an NGO in 2014 to serve...
On Tuesday, September 29 th , CGDS Director Dr. Choman Hardi spoke on an Instagram Live event, “Feminism in Kurdistan.” Mr. Mohammed Faith, an AUIS graduate who is studying for his MA in Applied Islamic Ethics at Hamad Bin Khalifa University, hosted the session. The Live discussion started...
The CGDS Team traveled to Erbil on October 7 th , 2020, to visit the offices of the High Council of Women’s Affairs. CGDS Director Dr. Choman Hardi, Deputy Director Dr. Lynn Rose, and UNFPA Project Manager Dr. Hawar Jamal were received by Dr. Khanzad Ahmed, the Secretary...
One of CGDS’s areas of emphasis is academic scholarship, in which we are very active. Our scholarship focuses on women and other marginalized groups and always intends to increase awareness and contribute to systemic change. We are pleased to be institutional members of the Society for Applied Anthropology,...
On October 7 th , 2020, CGDS traveled to Erbil to meet with the High Council of Women’s Affairs and representatives of UN-Women to discuss our joint project with UNFPA, focusing on the research project on women’s leadership in the KRI. Dr. Choman, CGDS Director, summarized our activity...
On October 7 th , Dr. Choman, Director of CGDS, was a guest of the Save the Children-Iraq organization in Erbil. She read a series of her poems on genocide followed by a lighter poem, “The Seventh Wedding Invitation,” from her collection Considering the Women . Dr. Choman...
CGDS is very pleased to announce that Mr. Muhammad Usman, who prefers to be called Shakir, will join CGDS for the spring 2021 semester as our first Jan Warner Visiting Scholar. Mr. Shakir, who is a poet, scriptwriter, educationist, and peaceworker, is completing his interdisciplinary PhD at the...
The Center for Gender and Development Studies is, as of October 2020, an Institutional Member of the World Disability and Rehabilitation Association. Based in Sri Lanka, the WDRPA’s mission is as follows: “As advocates, to motivate, empower and engage persons with disabilities globally. As practitioners, to assist in...
On Tuesday, November 3, 2020, Bamberg University’s American Studies program will host its third "American Election Night." Students, colleagues, and the general public are invited to an evening of critical analyses, panel discussions, and open debates concerning the current US presidential election. CGDS Deputy Director Dr. Lynn Rose...
