7 April 2019
"Recognizing women's work, especially inside the home, is the first imperative step towards prosperity"
On Friday 5 April, the UNU-GEST fellows enrolled in the module on Gender, Labour and Migration attended the second day of the conference: Future of Work, hosted by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Nordic Council of Ministers in Harpa, Reykjavík.
4 April 2019
MSc defence by Chagaka John Kalimbia
Chagaka Kalimbia, MSc Fellow in Sustainable Energy Engineering at Reykjavík University will defend his MSc project on Thursday 11 April, 2019 at 13:00 at Reykjavík University, room M325.
3 April 2019
Two day Technical Meeting on Equal Pay (EPIC) Concluded
Today, 10 UNU-GEST fellows who are enrolled in the module Gender, Labour and Migration concluded a two day technical meeting of the Equal Pay International Coalition (EPIC) on promoting better indicators, statistics, data and policies to reduce the gender pay gap.
3 April 2019
Scandimania at UNU-GEST
In March, UNU-GEST project manager Thomas Brorsen Smidt met up with students from the University of North Dakota to talk to them about the GEST programme as well as Icelandic society and its relationship with gender equality.
27 March 2019
New fellows have arrived
Once again we welcome a new group of fellows for our six-month training programme. The 2019 UNU-LRT fellows will stay for six-months at UNU-LRT to advance their knowledge and skills on halting land degradation, restoring degraded land and managing land in a sustainable way.
The fellows are 21 this year, 10 men and 11 women, and come from 10 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and Central-Asia: Ghana, Malawi, Uganda, Niger, Lesotho, Ethiopia, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. The fellows are all experts in their respective countries working on issues related to land use and land management.
25 March 2019
Seminar of MSc and PhD Fellows
A seminar, for the presentations of the UNU-GTP MSc Fellows graduating this spring, as well as presentations from two of our PhD Fellows, will be held in Vidgelmir, Orkugarður, Grensásvegi 9, Thursday 28 March from 13:00-16:30.