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The 2023 GRÓ GEST Cohort and hosts at Bjarkarhlíð Family Justice Center.
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.
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 to the event as discussion facilitators.
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.
The trainers and participants in Imvepi.
Photo: Pangea
16 February 2023

Teaching Gender to Youth in Uganda: GRÓ GEST and Pangea Collaboration

At the end of January, two short intensive training courses on Teaching Gender to Youth were implemented in Uganda.
20 January 2023

GRÓ GEST welcomes the 15th cohort of GEST fellows!

The GRÓ GEST fellows of 2023 have arrived in Iceland and completed their first week of the GEST programme. The GEST team is honored to welcome them to the University of Iceland and looks forward to working with them throughout the semester.
23 December 2022

Season's Greetings 2022!

The GRÓ GEST programme sends its warmest holiday greetings and wishes for a happy new year!
9 December 2022

Official launch of “Lilja’s Fistula and One Stop Centre”

In honour of the late Lilja Dóra Kolbeinsdóttir