21 March 2023
Call for Nominations Closed
The open call for nominations for the GEST 2024 programme closed on the 8 March 2023. A total of 366 nominations were received from 45 countries, most from Africa and South Asia. Of the received nominations, 283 candidates have been invited to submit a comprehensive application by 3 April 2023.
14 March 2023
GRÓ GEST and Erasmus+ Collaboration: Fellows from the Jamaica and Kosovo
This year, two of the twenty-three fellows participating in the GRÓ Gender Equality Studies and Training programme, GEST, are Erasmus+ students: Bleona Kurteshi from the University of Pristina, Kosovo and Orlando Javon Pearce from the University of the West Indies, Jamaica.
10 March 2023
NEW Online Course: Gender and Development
On 9 February 2023 GEST launched its third massive open online course, this time on gender and development.
8 March 2023
Call to GEST Alumni: The March 8 Fund 2023
The GRÓ GEST programme hereby invites its alumni to apply for The March 8 Fund 2023. The deadline for applications is at midnight (GMT) April 30, 2023. Selected applicants will be announced on 31 May 2023. Read more about how to apply, eligibility criteria and priorities here.
20 February 2023
Seminar on Effective Campaigning & Fundraising
On Monday 20th February the GEST module Project Development Tools hosted an in-class seminar to conclude a week of introductions to Icelandic organisations.
17 February 2023
Barbershop for Gender Equality
On February 14 the Permanent Delegation of Iceland to UNESCO, UNESCO Social and Human Sciences Sector & the UNESCO Gender Division hosted a Barbershop workshop for gender equality with the theme „Act like a man, Act like a woman.“ During the event, GRÓ GEST academic coordinator and project manager Dr Thomas Brorsen Smidt presented the GEST programme and GEST alumna of 2022, Ankita Bhat and GEST fellow of 2023, Nomore junior Mutsengi, contributed as discussion facilitators.