9 December 2015
Short course in Reykjavik: Gender-responsive budgeting
A short course on gender-responsive budgeting will be offered at the University of Iceland campus from 15 to 18 February 2016. The course introduces core concepts and underpinning principles for gender-responsive work, practices, policy processes, instruments, tools and strategies.
3 December 2015
Short course in Reykjavik: Gender, Entrepreneurship and Innovation
A short course on how to set up and run businesses successfully, with special focus on women´s entrepreneurship will be offered at the University of Iceland campus from 3 to 5 February 2016. The course provides insight for practitioners in the field of sustainable development into how to design initiatives to promote women´s projects, innovation and entrepreneurship.
22 November 2015
Women and Policing in South Africa: A 21st Century Perspective
A lecture by Professor Shanta Balgobind Singh who is an Associate Professor within the programme of Criminology and Forensic Studies, School of Applied Human Sciences at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
7 November 2015
Delegation of Indian business women visits Iceland
UNU-GEST was introduced at a meeting with a delegation of 42 women from the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Ladies Organisation (FICCI-FLO)
2 November 2015
UNU-GEST, UNU-FTP and Matís joint research presented at the University of Iceland
Joint research efforts of UNU-GEST, UNU-FTP and Matís were presented at the Þjóðarspegillinn Conference in Social Sciences held at the University of Iceland on October 30th
28 October 2015
UNU-GEST meets Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the Executive Director of UN Women
UNU-GEST management team met with Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and the Executive Director of UN Women, in Iceland last week.