Hosted by AUIS Student Services as part of “Celebrate Our Differences” Diversity Week, Sign Language Instructor Ms. Bahara Mahmood Mohammed introduced some basic signing concepts to an audience of AUIS students, faculty, and staff on October 9th, 2019. Ms. Bahara, of the Hiwa Foundation, has 30 years of experience...
On October 1st, 2019, CGDS Director Dr. Choman Hardi, EU Project Manager Mr. Shko Shwan, Hub Regional Manager Mr. Rasti Ranj, and LSE Project Manager Mr. Miran Fattah met with Deputy Prime Minister Mr. Qubad Talabani. Also present in the meeting were Dr. Yusif Goran, the previous...
Diversity Week, hosted by the Student Services Center, was held in partnership with CGDS, along with the AUIS Student Association, the student group Volunteer With Us, the Sulaimani Rozh Society for People with Disabilities, the Spirit of Soccer organization. Dr. Lynn Rose, Deputy Director of CGDS, gave the opening...
One of the goals of the Center for Gender and Development Studies is to foster gender equity in the community. To that end, and with the help of an EU grant to promote gender awareness through education, CGDS has assisted several places of employment by offering workshops and consultation....
On September 30, 2019, CGDS Director Dr. Choman Hardi and EU Project Manager Mr. Shko Shwan met with the new Head of Office, Ms. Ashley Durec, and First Secretary, Embassy of Canada, Mr. Tariq Gordon. The purpose of the meeting was to share a wider perspective on gender issues...
On September 26, 2019, three speakers were invited to speak to an audience of 100 students in Malang, Indonesia. Dr. Lynn Rose, Deputy Director of CGDS and Professor in the Social Sciences, offered a guest lecture to undergraduate and graduate students in the Department of Social Sciences at Brawijaya...
Ms. Goshan Karadaghi, Lecturer at AUIS and CGDS veteran, participated in the International Federation of Medical Students' Associations-Kurdistan’s (IFMSA-Kurdistan) three-day workshop as a trainer. The workshop was held in Duhok from the 27th to the 30th of August, 2019,Ms. Goshan gave a series of three different presentations to medical...
Dr. Lynn Rose, Deputy Director of the Center for Gender and Development Studies and Professor in the Social Sciences, presented a paper highlighting CGDS’ work in promoting diversity at the International Conference on Disability and Diversity in Asia, held in Malang, Indonesia. The conference, held at the University...
The fourth and final day of the CGDS workshop “Introduction to Social Justice,” offered by the Center for Gender and Development Studies with support from an EU grant on gender education in the MENA region, took place on Tuesday, September 17 th , 2019. The main activity of this...
Monday, September 16 th , 2019, was the third day of “Introduction to Social Justice,” a four-day workshop offered by the Center for Gender and Development Studies with support from an EU grant on gender education in the MENA region. After a “wake-up” exercise, Ms. Goshan Mohammed, from the...
