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The Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson, met with several UNU-GEST alumni during his visit to Malawi. The alumni discussed how their studies at UNU-GEST had benefited them professionally and the challenges they face in advancing gender equality in Malawi.

UNU-GEST Director, Dr. Irma Erlingsdóttir, is participating in the World Assembly for Women - WAW! 2015 - in Tokyo on 28-29 August hosted by the Government of Japan. The Assembly aims to create a worldwide movement to promote women’s active participation and success in society

The EDDA Center at the University of Iceland is an interdisciplinary Center of Excellence in critical contemporary research, with a special emphasis on equality and diversity. EDDA now invites applications for research grants which support the mission of UNU-GEST

David M. Malone, Rector of the United Nations University, visited today the UNU-GEST programme at the University of Iceland. He was welcomed by Jón Atli Benediktsson, the Rector of the University of Iceland and Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, the former President of Iceland and the Patron of UNU-GEST

The Human Development Report Office at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) convened an expert group meeting in partnership with UNU-GEST on “Gender Equality in Human Development – Measurements Revisited“ in Reykjavík, Iceland on 18 and 19 June 2015.

The United Nations University Gender Equality Studies and Training Programme (UNU-GEST) celebrated the graduation of ten fellows with a post-graduate diploma in international gender studies. The fellows came from four different countries; five men and five women from Malawi, Mozambique, Palestine and Uganda.