Dr Choman Hardi
Co-Director, Masculinities and Sexualities
Center for Gender and Development Studies, American University of Iraq Sulaimani
Choman Hardi is the Director of AUIS’s Center for Gender and Development Studies, and a Co-Director of the UKRI GCRF Gender, Justice and Security Hub. Her research focuses on women’s experiences of political violence as well as their role in social and political movements. On the Hub, Choman is researching the role of institutions and practices on the construction of an aggressive and sexually exploitative masculinity which victimises women. The project aims to develop means of develop and promote a culture of non-violence and sensitivity amongst the younger generation of men.
Areas of interest
Masculinity; gender and political violence; gender and revolution; women’s movementPublications
- “Gender Issues in the Context of a Humanitarian Crisis”, LSE Centre for Women, peace and Security Working Paper Series (2019): 1-14
- “Gender and Genocide, Two Case Studies” in: Routledge Book of Gender and Security, eds Laura Sjoberg, Laura Shepherd, and Caron Gentry (Routledge/ USA, 2018)
- Considering the Women (Bloodaxe Books Ltd, United Kindom, 2015)
- “Women’s Activism in Iraqi Kurdistan: Achievements, Shortcomings and Obstacles,” Kurdish Studies Journal 1 (2013): 44-64
- Gendered Experiences of Genocide: Anfal Survivors in Kurdistan-Iraq (Routledge, United Kindom, 2011)