Gender Equality Studies & Training Programme

under the auspices of UNESCO

Year in Review 2024

ADMISSION 2027

News

GRÓ GEST

Meet GRÓ GEST 2026 Fellow Norah Lumny Ngwa

You know the stories where they talk about these great inventors, how they failed so many times with their inventions but kept going until they succeeded? Well, I would say I am one who almost gave up after the first try. I am no inventor of some big...
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GEST Roundtable of Icelandic Organisations for Gender Equality

On Monday, the 20th of April, GRÓ GEST organized a roundtable of heads of organisations in Iceland, at the University of Iceland, that provide shelter and services for women, queer, non-binary, and trans people, children, and men. Drífa Snædal from S...
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GRÓ GEST Alumni Thematic Seminar 2026

Epistemic Justice in Practice: Gendered Knowledge in Global North–South Development Partnerships
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2026 GRÓ GEST cohort visits President Halla Tómasdóttir at Bessastaðir

Yesterday, the 20th of April, the 2026 GRÓ GEST cohort visited Bessastaðir, the official residence of the President of Iceland, and were warmly welcomed by the President, Halla Tómasdóttir. A visit with the president at Bessastaðir has become an annu...

Statistics

267
FELLOWS GRADUATED
40
COUNTRIES REPRESENTED
16
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
2
PHD FELLOWS