UNU-GEST Director meets alumni in Mozambique
The UNU-GEST Director, Dr. Irma Erlingsdóttir, was on a visit in Mozambique last week where she met diverse partners in ministries, national and international NGOs and organizations. She also hosted an event for UNU-GEST alumni in Maputo.
On November 9 she hosted an event for the UNU-GEST Alumni Association for Mozambique and presented the draft of the UNU-GEST Alumni Strategy and Strategic Plan. UNU-GEST is currently in the process of formalising its alumni networks in countries that have a significant number of former fellows as part of its UNU-GEST Alumni Network Strategy. For this purpose UNU-GEST has developed an Alumni Strategic Plan for the period of 2016 to 2018 in order to implement the Alumni Strategy, which is based on UNU-GEST overall vision, mission and goals as stated in its Strategic Plan 2015-2018.
The Mozambique alumni meeting served as a platform for former fellows/alumni to air their views on the Alumni Strategic Plan and wishes for such a network to be operating in Mozambique in the near future. It was also a timely reunion and brought together nine of the fourteen alumni fellows from Mozambique, which have graduated from the GEST/UNU-GEST post-graduate programme in international gender studies. Information on project proposals and specialisation of the Mozambican alumni can be found in the UNU-GEST Directory of former fellows.
UNU-GEST Mozambican alumni fellows and UNU-GEST director at the occasion of the alumni meeting in Maputo.
From the left, top row: Marilú João (2016), Shaista de Araújo (2015), Luis Abrantes (2014), Alberto Cumbi (2013), Ester Sumbana (2011)
From the left, front row: Amélia Zawangoni (2016), Irma Erlingsdóttir, Rosália Pedro (2011), Filipe Mate (2017 fellow), Zelia Duda (2015)
UNU-GEST director, Dr. Irma Erlingsdóttir, visited the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Welfare in Maputo where she met with Ms. Geraldina Juma, coordinator of gender affairs, and Mr. Sansao Buque, deputy director of gender affairs. In addition, three former UNU-GEST alumni working at the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Welfare were present; Ms. Febe Gomes, Ms. Zelia Duda and Mr. Luis Abrantes.