28 October 2016
Gendered value chain analysis as a research methodology: small scale fisheries by lake Tanganyika
A conference session on gendered dimensions and gender roles at the Þjóðarspegill conference held at the University of Iceland 28 October includes a talk presented by UNU-GEST on gendered value chain analysis as a research methodology within the social sciences and as an applied tool for informing development interventions.
28 October 2016
"Playing the Gender Card": gendered dimensions within the rural water supply sector in Namibia
Erla Hlín Hjálmarsdóttir, UNU-GEST Head of Research presents a paper on the gendered dimensions within the rural water supply sector in Namibia at Þjóðarspegillinn conference 28 October
19 October 2016
UNU-FTP Fellows visit Icelandic North
Last week, the UNU-FTP took its annual trip to the Northern part of Iceland for a series of lectures at the University of Akureyri visits to companies and organisations working in fisheries and fisheries related activities.
18 October 2016
UNU-GEST Project Assistant Laura Malinauskaite to present her research on gendered impacts of climate policy at the Conference of Social Sciences
Laura Malinauskaite, a project assistant at UNU-GEST will be presenting her masters’ research at the Social Sciences’ Conference organized by the Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) of the University of Iceland next week.
11 October 2016
United Nations Secretary General visits UNU training programmes in Iceland
Recently, Mr Ban Ki-moon, UN´s Secretary General attended a meeting with representatives from the four UNU training programmes in Iceland – the Land Restoration, Geothermal, Fisheries and Gender Equality training programmes. The meeting took place at the National Museum of Iceland and the UNU-LRT Director, Dr Hafdis Hanna Aegisdotttir, introduced the activities and missions of the four respective programmes and how they meet the challenges presented in the newly adopted United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
11 October 2016
Ban Ki-moon meets with the UNU Iceland Programmes
Mr Ban Ki-moon, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, attended the Arctic Circle conference in Reykjavík last weekend and requested the opportunity to meet with the UNU Programmes in Iceland.