News

4 May 2017

Faculty of Media and Communications, Belgrade and UNU-GEST offer joint scholarships

Faculty of Media and Communications, Belgrade and UNU-GEST are pleased to offer full scholarships to two master´s students to attend the UNU-GEST diploma programme 2018 in international gender studies. The scholarships are partially funded by the Erasmus + grant scheme.
Laura Malinauskaite receives the Watanabe Scholarship
29 April 2017

Laura Malinauskaite receives a scholarship from the Watanabe Fund

Project assistant Laura Malinauskaite was one of thirteen Watanabe grant recipients from the University of Iceland in 2017. She received a grant for a study visit to Japan for two months in the fall 2017 in support of her research on the status of women in the geothermal sector in different parts of the world
28 April 2017

University of Sarajevo and UNU-GEST offer joint scholarships

Center for Interdisciplinary Studies (CIS), University of Sarajevo and UNU-GEST are pleased to offer full scholarships to two master´s students to attend the UNU-GEST diploma programme 2018 in international gender studies. The scholarships are partially funded by the Erasmus + grant scheme.
27 April 2017

UNU-GEST and UNU-GTP joint lecture on "Gender and Energy" by Dr. Ellen Morris on 28th April.

UNU-GEST is hosting a joint lecture in cooperation with the UNU-GTP, United Nations Geothermal Training Programme on "Gender and Energy" by Dr. Ellen Morris on 28/04
22 April 2017

Bringing Gender to the Environmental Table: UNEP’s Global Gender Assessment

A symposium on UNEP’s Global Gender Assessment will be held on 24 April, in cooperation of UNU-GEST, RIKK – Institute for Gender, Equality and Difference, and the interdisciplinary Environment and Natural Resources programme, at the University of Iceland.
19 April 2017

UNU-GEST fellow Bisharo Ali, from Somalia, featured in the Icelandic National TV for her efforts towards alleviating Somali humanitarian crisis.

Bisharo Ali is leading a series of fundraising activities to alleviate the humanitarian crisis currently happening in Somalia in collaboration with Icelandic Red Cross.