
5 October 2016
UNU-GEST Senior Researcher Pétur Waldorff presents his research in an article and an exhibition piece
UNU-GEST Senior Researcher Pétur Waldorff presented his urban research in Angola in an article published in the Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography and an exhibition piece at the 2016 Oslo Architecture Triennale.

4 October 2016
UNU-GEST Researchers in Nordic Africa Days 2016
Erla Hlín Hjálmarsdóttir, UNU-GEST Head of Research and Pétur Waldorff, UNU-GEST Senior Researcher organized and convened a panel on gender research and gender-responsive methodologies at Nordic Africa Days 2016 held in Uppsala, Sweden September 22-24.

3 October 2016
The Director of UNU-GEST Irma Erlingsdóttir Visits Birzeit University in Palestine
The Director of UNU-GEST Irma Erlingsdóttir visited Birzeit University in West Bank, Palestine. On September 27, she met the university’s Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Henry Giacman, the Director of External Academic Relations Office Dr. Amir Khalil and the Director of Women Studies Institute Dr. Eileen Kuttab.
7 September 2016
UNU-GEST calls for comments on Iceland’s National Action Plan for the Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security 2013–2016.
The United Nations University Gender Equality Studies and Training Programme (UNU-GEST) is undertaking an evaluation of Iceland’s National Action Plan for the Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security 2013–2016.
29 August 2016
Chikondi Manyungwa, 2013 fellow, wins the Rosemary Firth Award at the International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade (IIFET) Conference
The UNU-GEST team would like to congratulate Chikondi Manyungwa for receiving the Rosemary Firth award for best presenter at the International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade (IIFET) Conference.
29 August 2016
UNU-GEST and Birzeit University offer scholarships
UNU-GEST and the External Academic Relation Office at Birzeit University invite students enrolled in MA/MSc programmes at Birzeit University to apply for a joint Erasmus+ and UNU-GEST fellowships in the 2017 Post-Graduate Diploma Programme in International Gender Studies at the University of Iceland.