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.

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.

On 9 February 2023 GEST launched its third massive open online course, this time on gender and development.

The GRÓ GEST programme hereby invites its alumni to apply for The March 8 Fund 2023. The deadline for applications is at midnight (GMT) April 30, 2023. Selected applicants will be announced on 31 May 2023. Read more about how to apply, eligibility criteria and priorities here.