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پرۆفایلی سەرۆکی بەش

Dr. Hakim Qadir Taha
Instructor, Social Work Department
Head of Department
Address: Khabat, Near Langa Bazar,40 Meter St, Erbil, Kurdistan Region
Phone number:0964(0)7511291836
Email address: hakim.taha@su.edu.krd

PERSONAL STATEMENT
After my BA, I spent a period of one year as a social researcher with Kurdish Life Aid (KLA) supported
by the UK Department for International Development. This post gave me experience of health
awareness programmes in hygiene and sanitation across 92 villages and Child to Child programmes.
This was followed by experience of using Participatory Rural Appraisal techniques, spending three
months in a juvenile centre funded by Save the Children Fund (SCF) UK where children were supported
to express their concerns through story telling or drawing.
I then took up a post as field operations officer with the Kurdish Organization for Mine Awareness
(KOMA) where I was responsible for coordinating twelve teams concerned with mine awareness and
community safety. Continuing to work part time I completed a Masters degree in the role of
international NGOs and government institutions in supporting disabled children, especially those
injured and disabled by mines. This included a period of three months at Canterbury Christchurch
University in the UK where I completed modules on social work with disabled people and older people.
Research for my dissertation: “The Role of Government Institutions and NGOs in Taking Care of
Physically Disabled People” revealed common experiences of physical and emotional abuse of
disabled children by their parents and caregivers. Following completion of my Masters degree in 2006
I became a lecturer in the sociology department at Salahaddin University with responsibility for
teaching ‘social problems’, ‘industrial sociology’ and ‘rural society’. Two years later, with support from
Ersta Sköndal University in Sweden, I was centrally involved in the establishment of the social work
department at Salahaddin University, the first in Kurdistan. Being a university lecturer from 2007 to
2011, this paved the way of gaining more awareness about child punishment and maltreatment in
Kurdistan through exposure to several children’s institutions, child care and juvenile centres. Working
in these fields for several years provided me with sufficient experience and insights in collecting
relevant and necessary information on the subject matter.
EDUCATION
Durham University – Faculty of Social Sciences& Health -Sociology Department (09/01/2020)
Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology and Social Policy
Title of thesis: Child Punishment and Maltreatment in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Causes and
Consequences – A Field Study in Erbil City
Canterbury Christ Church University (January 2006 – 12th of April 2006)
Certification in Social Work Practice
Status: Completed
Salahaddin University – Sociology Department (2005 – 2007)
Masters Degree in Social Work: 80.234% grade
Title of dissertation: The Role of Government Institutions and NGOs in Taking Care of
Physically Disabled People – A Field Study in Erbil
Status: MA Graduate
Salahaddin University – Sociology Department (1996 – 1999)
Bachelor of Arts in Sociology: 81.169% grade
Status: Bachelor Degree/College graduate
Employment history
Salahaddin University – College of Arts Position: Social Researcher Assistant Inclusive
Dates: October 2000 – December 2000
Villagers Hygiene Awareness Team – Kurdish Life Aid (KLA – UK) at Erbil City, KRG
Position: Social Worker
Inclusive Dates: December 2000 – November 2001
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Conducted surveys about villager’s hygiene
• Collected villagers for presentations
• Organized the filming of the presentations
• Provided trainings for the villagers about hygiene and sanitation practices
• Forwarded monthly activity reports to the Social Department
• Monitored the activities of the trained villagers.
Kurdistan Organization for Mine Awareness (KOMA) Position: Field Operation
Officer
Inclusive Dates: November 2001 – December 2004
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Provided field work plan for 12 teams which included the assessment and monitoring
forms, data collection, analysis and reports
• Supervision of 12 teams (six members per group) in cities of Erbil, Dahuk, Soran and
Akri.
• Conducted two – day workshops on monthly basis meant for the 12 teams. The activity
included feedbacks provided by the team members such as field work challenges,
monitoring activities, surveys and awareness programmes
• Provided essential support to the team members in every challenging situation.
• Coordinated with several council departments such as Regional Director at Council
Ministries in Kurdistan Iraq, Mine Awareness Program Manager at UNOPS
• Provided progression reports to the mentioned council departments above.
Iraqi Kurdistan Mine Action Centre as Mine Risk Education (IKMAC)
Position: Field Operation Officer Inclusive Dates: December 2004 – November 2005
Salahaddin University, Sociology Department & Social Work Department
Position: Deputy of Department & Lecturer Inclusive
Dates: November 2006 – May 2011
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Assisted in Student Affairs at the Sociology& Social work Departments
• Became an Assistant Lecturer and worked with a group of teachers from Ersta Sköndal
Bräcke University College to teach students about Social Work (2008 – 2009).
• Organized time tables and lectures while helping other professors at the department.
• Attended weekly meetings at the department and at the College
• Provided lectures about social problems, rural societies and sociological industries,
SPSS, Family, Social Work to the students
Conferences and Forum
• 2021 Adventist Conference on Family Research and Practice (ACFRP) on Forgiveness .
Andrews University , United States. 21/07/2021 . https://www.acfrp.org/.
• 2nd International CEO Social Sciences Congress . Georgian National University , Georgia.
00/08/2021.
• https://www.linkedin.com/events/2ndinternationalceosocialscienc6798998851761119234/
• 3RD ANNUAL SOCIAL JUSTICE SUMMIT AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE , Johannesburg
South Africa , 11/10/2021 . https://socialjustice.sun.ac.za/summit-conference[1]2021/#programme
• Child RIghts in Action Online Forum 2021 , INITIATIVES ET CHANGEMENT FRANCE , France.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdLABuw53scgEXqRo_eh3XvQYph1FocGiEDkdI
3NBqK0G-HEw/viewform
• International Conference on Education & Teaching May17-18-2021 Learning opportunities
for all.
• 3 days Child Rights in Action Online Forum June – 20-2021.
• Conference “Family, Class and Inequalities in Central and Eastern Europe”, October
28-29, 2021. Vytautas Magnus University (Kaunas, Lithuania).
http://kartosirseimos.lt/conference/
• ISSUP International Conference 2021: Evidence-based Principles for Effective Drug Demand
Reduction: Applying Theory to Practice. London . United Kingdom.
https://www.issup.net/about-issup/workshops/virtual-2021
• The Generation Equality Forum. Paris , France. https://forum.generationequality.org/home
Academic Thesis & Articles
• Child Punishment and Maltreatment in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Causes and
Consequences – A Field Study in Erbil City.
• The Role of Government Institutions and NGOs in Taking Care of Physically Disabled People –
A Field Study in Erbil.
• What are the attitudes of parents in Erbil towards nurturing children’s emotional
development? A filed study in Kurdistan Region-Iraq.
• Attitudes Towards Child Neglect among Kurdish Families in the Kurdistan Region-Iraq.
LANGUAGES
• Kurdish
• Arabic
• English
Computer Skills
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft powerpoint
• SPSS Software /Statistics

  • Qualitative Data Analysis Software/ NVivo