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SEA-sons Greetings from the staff of the GRÓ Fisheries Training Programme in Iceland!
We wish all our fellows and friends around the world a peaceful and joyous New Year
15 December 2020

SEA-sons Greetings

SEA-sons Greetings from the staff of the GRÓ Fisheries Training Programme in Iceland! We wish all our fellows and friends around the world a peaceful and joyous New Year
11 December 2020

Chinenye Anekwe First Recipient of the GEST Alumni Fund Grant

It is our great pleasure to announce that a €10,000 grant from the GEST Alumni Fund has been awarded to Chinenye Anekwe, GEST alumnus of 2018. Ms Anekwe is a Development Specialist at Solar Sisters, an NGO that has helped kickstart more than 5.000 women clean energy entrepreneurs and continues to deliver clean energy directly to homes in rural African communities.
3 December 2020

GEST Director Awarded for her Contributions to the University of Iceland

It is an honour to announce that Dr. Irma Erlingsdóttir, Director of the Gender Equality Studies and Training programme (GEST) was awarded today by the Rector of the University of Iceland for her outstanding professional contributions to the University of Iceland. The award is for Irma's contributions to equality through her work in establishing the Gender Equality Studies and Training Programme in 2009, and her contribution as the Director of RIKK - Institute for Gender, Equality and Difference, since 2009. Furthermore, Irma is the project leader of the EDDA Research Center on critical contemporary research at the University of Iceland, which focuses on the politics of equality in the humanities and social sciences.
1 December 2020

The Launch of The Routledge Handbook of the Politics of the #MeToo Movement

GEST is proud to announce the virtual launch of The Routledge Handbook of the Politics of the #MeToo Movement at 1600/4pm GMT on 3 December 2020. The handbook is edited by GEST staff Dr. Giti Chandra and Dr. Irma Erlingsdóttir.
25 November 2020

Application form now online for the MSc / PhD Scholarships

Fellows can now apply for the MSc and PhD Scholarships.
19 November 2020

‘The Routledge Handbook of the Politics of the #MeToo Movement’ published!

GEST is proud to share that ‘The Routledge Handbook of the Politics of the #MeToo Movement’, edited by GEST staff Dr. Giti Chandra and Dr. Irma Erlingsdóttir, will be published on 30 November 2020.