22 March 2023
GRÓ alumni in Kenya meet with UNESCO‘s Regional Office for Eastern Africa
Kenya has outgrown Iceland in terms of electricity generated with its geothermal resources.
22 March 2023
Fyrrverandi nemendur GRÓ í Kenía funda með starfsfólki svæðisskrifstofu UNESCO í Austur-Afríku
Kenía framleiðir nú meiri raforku með jarðhita en Ísland
21 March 2023
Call for Nominations Closed
The open call for nominations for the GEST 2024 programme closed on the 8 March 2023. A total of 366 nominations were received from 45 countries, most from Africa and South Asia. Of the received nominations, 283 candidates have been invited to submit a comprehensive application by 3 April 2023.
14 March 2023
GRÓ GEST and Erasmus+ Collaboration: Fellows from the Jamaica and Kosovo
This year, two of the twenty-three fellows participating in the GRÓ Gender Equality Studies and Training programme, GEST, are Erasmus+ students: Bleona Kurteshi from the University of Pristina, Kosovo and Orlando Javon Pearce from the University of the West Indies, Jamaica.
10 March 2023
NEW Online Course: Gender and Development
On 9 February 2023 GEST launched its third massive open online course, this time on gender and development.
9 March 2023
GRÓ GEST presented at Gender Equality Event in New Delhi
Four alumni from the GRÓ Gender Equality Studies and Training Programme (GRÓ GEST) gave lively accounts of their participation in the programme and how it has benefitted them in their work, at an event organised on International Women's Day, 8th March, in New Delhi. The event was organised by the Embassy of Iceland in New Delhi, in cooperation with the offices of UN Women and UNESCO in the country.