7 October 2017
Feminist Resistance to the Rise of Nationalism and Populism
The RINGS Conference “Feminist Resistance to the Rise of Nationalism and Populism” was be held 4–6 October 2017 at the University of Iceland. It is organized by the EDDA Research Center and RIKK – Institute for Gender, Equality and Difference in collaboration with the United Nations Gender Equality and Training Programme (UNU-GEST)
25 September 2017
Global Day of Action: Calling for progress on the Sustainable Development Goals
On September 25th, we celebrate the second anniversary of the Sustainable Development Goals. The Global Day of action is a global mobilization of civil society organizations, NGOs, activists, SDG advocates and committed individuals to share their voices on the #GlobalGoals. In September of 2015, UN member states agreed to a set of 17 “Global Goals” as part of their Sustainable Development Goals (“SDGs”), an initiative known formally as ”Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
10 September 2017
Climate change and agriculture explored in the Wikigender University online article series
Wikigender University online article series by UNU-GEST fellows from the class of 2017 continues. Kevin Ogbajie from Nigeria writes about Supporting Rural Women’s Access to Agricultural Finance in Nigeria and Filipe Mate explores the impact of droughts on adolescent girls in Mozambique.
1 September 2017
UNU-GEST Article Series for Wikigender University
Wikigender University recently published a series of online articles by UNU-GEST fellows from the class of 2017. Two articles on the theme of gender-based violence are now accessible online, written by Devashia Whyte from Jamaica and Rami Abu Sa’ad from Palestine
31 August 2017
‘This girl is on fire!’: Understanding Gender Through Literature and Other Cultural Texts
Dr. Giti Chandra, an associated scholar at UNU-GEST offers a new course at the University of Iceland. The course offers a range of readings and texts from literature, audio and visual texts, and theories, around issues of gender in all its ramifications.
24 July 2017
UNU-GEST and Lebanese American University Offer Joint Scholarships
The Lebanese American University (LAU) and UNU-GEST invite master's students to apply for a joint Erasmus+ and UNU-GEST fellowships to attend the 2018 Post-Graduate Diploma Programme in International Gender Studies at the University of Iceland. The programme will run from January 8 to May 24, 2018 in Reykjavík, Iceland.