On Thursday, August 1 st , the Center for Gender and Development Studies team held a full-day workshop on gender and media for 12 employees of KirkukNow, an independent electronic news website. This event was part of the Gender Studies workshop series, funded by the CGDS European Union grant for...
On July 30, 2019, the Center for Gender and Development Studies visited Cihan University Sulimaniya, which hosted a forum for universities and NGOs to discuss implementing the government decree (August 2019), to establish gender centers in all universities. The opening speakers introduced issues of implementation such as the gender studies...
The overall objective of the consultative meeting in Iraq and Kurdistan Regional of Iraq (KRI) was to have a discussion with partners from Governments, civil society organizations, UN Agencies and donors on the new UNFPA Country Programme 2020-2024. The discussion is to agree on the outline, general directions, main interventions...
Twenty five years ago, UNFPA hosted the first International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo, focusing on population development, women’s health, and women’s rights. To commemorate that event, celebrate progress, and encourage governments to recommit to the agenda, UNFPA hosted the 25th Anniversary Conference, ¨25 Years of the...
On Sunday and Monday, July 21st and 22nd, the Center for Gender and Development Studies Team held a workshop on gender awareness. This event, part of the Gender Studies Summer School, funded by the CGDS European Union grant for gender education in the MENA Region, in collaboration with United Nations...
Representatives from DCO (Dialogue and Culture, an NGO founded in 2015 and active in 162 countries), visited the Center for Gender and Development Studies on Sunday, June 30, 2019. Ms. Srusht Rauf Amin and Mr. Mohammed Abdulaziz are in the process of creating connections locally and internationally, and reached out...
A delegation from the Consulate General of the United States in Erbil visited the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS) on December 15, 2015. The delegation was headed by the Consul General in Erbil, Matthias Mitman, who was accompanied by Public Affairs Officer Anthony Deaton, Political...
Choman Hardi, AUIS professor, poet, and researcher in gender and violence studies, was invited to facilitate a series of workshops on gender and the media at Nalia News Television (NRT) headquarters. As part of NRT’s career development, over 200 staff members and journalists were encouraged to...
