News

10 December 2021

Congratulations to the GRÓ GEST class of 2021!

GRÓ GEST celebrated the graduation of 20 fellows, who were awarded a postgraduate diploma in international gender studies from the University of Iceland. The fellows come from 15 countries: China, Egypt, Kenya, India, Iraq (Kurdistan), Malawi, Mexico, Mongolia, Namibia, Nepal, Nigeria, Palestine (West Bank), Russia (Arctic), Sri Lanka and Uganda. The group consists of experts working in governments, academia, research, civil societies, and non-governmental organisations.
Participants at the Short Course during the field trip visit to Olkaria geothermal field
9 December 2021

SDG Short Course V on Geothermal Exploration and Development held in Kenya

The 16th event held in support of the UN development goals.
7 December 2021

Empowering Women Energy Entrepreneurs

GEST alumna Ms Chinenye Anekwe succesfully implements project to empower women through sustainable energy
5 December 2021

Final Seminar 2021

The presentations of the final assignments of the 2021 cohort of the Gender Equality Studies and Training programme (GRÓ GEST) will take place on Monday, December 6, at the lecture hall in Veröld (VHV-023), University of Iceland, from 8:50 am – 3:45 pm. The presentations will also be live streamed online.
3 December 2021

Short Course on Gender and Climate Change in Malawi

Today, a short course on Gender and Climate Change was completed in Mchinji district in Malawi. The short course was developed through a collaboration of GRÓ-GEST and Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR).
3 December 2021

GRÓ LRT new promo video

We are very excited to show you a glimpse into what GRÓ LRT is all about with our new promo video. It contains footages of the environment where our training takes place and our partners and former fellows might see some familiar faces there as well. Check out our new promo video!