3 April 2019
Scandimania at UNU-GEST
In March, UNU-GEST project manager Thomas Brorsen Smidt met up with students from the University of North Dakota to talk to them about the GEST programme as well as Icelandic society and its relationship with gender equality.
5 March 2019
UNU-GEST Fellow Participates in a Seminar on Women, Business and the Law — Launch of the New World Bank Report 2019
Yesterday, UNU-Gest fellow and Gender Development Officer at the Malawian Ministry of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare, Kondwani Macdonald Mhone took part in the Seminar on Women, Business and the Law — Launch of the new World Bank report 2019 at Hilton Reykjavík Nordica.
4 March 2019
UNU-GEST participates in a conference in Maputo: “Men, Masculinities and Gender Equality in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean: Interregional Dialogues”
UNU-GEST representatives Dr. Thomas Brorsen Smidt and Anna Guðrún Aradóttir participated in the conference “Men, Masculinities and Gender Equality in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean: Interregional Dialogues”, organized by UNESCO and HOPEM, that took place in Maputo from 25 to 27 February. The main purpose of the seminar was to establish a framework for formulating constructive critical approaches to urgent issues around men, masculinities and gender equality in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.
26 February 2019
Opening the (Gender) Blinds - Conference on Gender and Substance Use
UNU-GEST in partnership with RIKK, the Root and Gender Equality Agency of Iceland will host the two-day conference on Gender and Substance Use: Opening the (Gender) Blinds, Towards an Inclusive Gender-Based View of Trauma and Addiction in Reykjavík on 28 February – 1 March 2019.
22 February 2019
UNU-GEST Fellows Visit the Supreme Court of Iceland
Yesterday, as an extra curriculum activity to the module Gender, Violence and Security, the UNU-GEST fellows visited the Supreme Court of Iceland. During the visit, the fellows were briefed on the Icelandic judicial system, the history of the Supreme Court of Iceland, and the recent reform of the judicial system, with the establishment of the Appeals Court in 2018.
19 February 2019
RIKK & UNU-GEST Joint Lecture Series: Fourth Lecturer, Dr. Marsha Henry
Dr. Marsha Henry, is the fourth lecturer in the 2019 RIKK – Institute for Gender, Equality and Difference & UNU-GEST – United Nations University Gender Equality Studies and Training Programme – lecture series during spring term 2019. Her lecture is titled: “Reflections on Gender and Transformative Wellbeing in Post-conflict Contexts: The Political Economy of Sexual Violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Liberia”, and will take place on Thursday, 21th of February, from 12:00 to 13:00.