22 August 2018
UNU-GEST Alumni Tereza Vujošević interviewed by two Montenegrin TV programmes
Tereza Vujošević who graduated from the UNU-GEST diploma programme in International Gender Equality Studies in May 2018, was invited to talk about her experiences in Iceland and issues regarding gender equality in her home country Montenegro on the leading TV programme “Journal at 19” on August 8th.
14 August 2018
Excursion on land degradation, restoration implementation and land care
An important part of the training in the UNU-LRT six-month training programme are field excursions where the fellows learn about land degradation challenges, successes and failures in land restoration, and discuss with local people working in the field. Last week the fellows were on an excursion in the North of Iceland where they visited diverse sites revealing how land condition has been improved with various innovative solutions, often under harsh conditions.
3 August 2018
The Launch of an Alumni Country Chapter in Palestine
The UNU-GEST developed an Alumni Strategic Plan for the period of 2016–2018. Its purpose was to strengthen and formalize such communication among former UNU-GEST fellows by enhancing their interaction and by recognizing the importance of an alumni community for exchanging views, resources and knowledge related to gender equality. UNU-GEST sees its role in the Alumni Network as a sponsor of action plans and as being responsible for their advancement.
31 July 2018
Staff changes at the UNU-GEST Programme
Erla Hlín Hjálmarsdóttir, the Head of Research Development at UNU-GEST since 2015, Kristjana Sigurbjörnsdóttir, who has been the Studies Programme Manager since 2016, and Pétur Waldorff, a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at UNU-GEST and the EDDA Research Center and a UNU-GEST Project Manager, have moved to new posts at the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Two new projects managers will join the UNU-GEST programme in the autumn.
27 July 2018
Seattle Highlights
Last week campus of Seattle’s University of Washington was bustling with crowds of cheerful fishery economists of various stocks: Academics, fisheries managers, policy makers, seafood industry members and old UNU-FTP fellows ...
23 July 2018
UNU-GEST chaired the side event ‘The Road to End Child Marriage in Africa’ during 62nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women
On March 15 this year, during the 62nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 62), UNU-GEST chaired the side event ‘The Road to End Child Marriage in Africa’. The event was organized by UN Women Malawi and the governments of Malawi and Zambia with support from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Iceland and UNU-GEST.