28 February 2019
Final projects of fellows
UNU-FTP fellows are working hard these days wrapping up the final project of this year's six-months training program. They will introduce it in a series of presentations scheduled for next week. The presentations are open to the general public. It is a great opportunity to learn about the challenges to fisheries all over the world.
26 February 2019
Opening the (Gender) Blinds - Conference on Gender and Substance Use
UNU-GEST in partnership with RIKK, the Root and Gender Equality Agency of Iceland will host the two-day conference on Gender and Substance Use: Opening the (Gender) Blinds, Towards an Inclusive Gender-Based View of Trauma and Addiction in Reykjavík on 28 February – 1 March 2019.
22 February 2019
UNU-GEST Fellows Visit the Supreme Court of Iceland
Yesterday, as an extra curriculum activity to the module Gender, Violence and Security, the UNU-GEST fellows visited the Supreme Court of Iceland. During the visit, the fellows were briefed on the Icelandic judicial system, the history of the Supreme Court of Iceland, and the recent reform of the judicial system, with the establishment of the Appeals Court in 2018.
19 February 2019
RIKK & UNU-GEST Joint Lecture Series: Fourth Lecturer, Dr. Marsha Henry
Dr. Marsha Henry, is the fourth lecturer in the 2019 RIKK – Institute for Gender, Equality and Difference & UNU-GEST – United Nations University Gender Equality Studies and Training Programme – lecture series during spring term 2019. Her lecture is titled: “Reflections on Gender and Transformative Wellbeing in Post-conflict Contexts: The Political Economy of Sexual Violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Liberia”, and will take place on Thursday, 21th of February, from 12:00 to 13:00.
18 February 2019
PhD thesis of Dr. Thecla Mutia now available online
The thesis of our PhD Fellow, Dr Thecla Mutia from Kenya is now available online.
15 February 2019
Global contributions of UNU-GTP recognised by the former President of Iceland
The former President of Iceland, Mr. Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, recognised the important contribution of UNU-GTP towards the country's foreign relations, mentioning the large number of international participants that have been trained in the Programme, and even suggested it was perhaps Iceland's most important factor in the global success of combating climate change.