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In the fourth event in RIKK and GEST’s conversation series Marai Larasi and Nichole Leigh Mosty will discuss race, immigration, history and contemporary feminist activism. Marai Larasi is an Advocate, Community Organiser, Consultant and Educator. Nichole Leigh Mosty is Director of the Multicultural and Information Centre in Iceland.

GEST joins forces with Center for Women's Studies, Belgrade to conceptualize and record 35 podcasts on pressing feminist and gendered issues.

The third session in the GEST/RIKK Online Conversation Series brings together Karen Boyle and Audrey Roofeh who will discuss accountability and leadership in planning a feminist future. Karen Boyle is a Professor of Feminist Media Studies at the University of Strathclyde, UK, where she runs the Applied Gender Studies programme. Audrey Roofeh is an employment attorney and the CEO of Mariana Strategies LLC, a work-place culture consulting firm. 

The Gender Equality Studies and Training (GEST) programme has extended its call for nominations for its academic programme in 2022. The deadline for nominations is 15 March 2021. 

The GEST programme and the Icelandic Red Cross have renewed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) originally signed in November 2018. The MOU expresses an interest in collaborating in developing gender equality projects and the sharing of expertise in the field of humanitarian and development work, in Iceland and internationally.