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Gender responsive budgeting short course participants
24 February 2018

Gender Responsive Budgeting: Short course held in Reykjavik

UNU-GEST offered a short course in gender responsive budgeting, held at the University of Iceland in Reykjavik, 19-23 February 2018 for 29 participants from 17 countries
23 February 2018

Fisheries Training Program 20th cohort of fellows ready for graduation

Monday February 26 United Nations University Fisheries Training Program will hold a graduation ceremony for its 20th cohort of fellows.
20 February 2018

#IcelandToo? How Patriarchy Is Perpetuated

Dr. Cynthia Enloe, feminist writer, theorist and professor at Clark University, USA, will give an open lecture based on her new book The Big Push: Exposing and Challenging the Persistence of Patriarchy on Tuesday, 27 February 2018 at 12:00 to 13:15 in the Aula of the University of Iceland, Main Building.
19 February 2018

Dr. Klatzer is the fourth lecturer in the 2018 lecture series

Dr. Elisabeth Klatzer is the fourth lecturer in the 2018 RIKK & UNU-GEST lecture series during spring term 2018. Dr. Klatzer is a specialist and civil-society activist on feminist economics and gender responsive budgeting. Her lecture is titled “Budgeting for Women’s Rights: Tax Justice and Gender Equality”
19 February 2018

Quality management: Presentation of fellows' final projects

The final set of presentations will be focused on fish processing and quality management and take place at the headquarters of MATÍS Vínlandsleið 12 Reykjavík, Wednesday February 21st from 09:00.
19 February 2018

Sustainable aquaculture: Presentation of fellows' final projects

The second set of presentations will focus on sustainable aquaculture and take place at Verið /Sauðárkróki, Tuesday February 20th from 10:00.