Gender Equality Studies & Training Programme

under the auspices of UNESCO

Year in Review 2024

ONLINE COURSES IN INTERNATIONAL GENDER STUDIES

News

GRÓ GEST

GEST Alumni-Led Webinar

GEST Alumni Highlight Regional Responses to Digital Gender-Based Violence during the 16 Days of Activism
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From left: Nína Björk Jónsdóttir, Director General of GRÓ; Dr. Manuel Barange, Director of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Division at FAO; Ambassador Guðmundur Árnason, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the Rome-based organisations; and Sólrún Svandal, Senior Advisor on Ocean Affairs at the MFA.

GRÓ explores cooperation with FAO, WFP and IFAD

The GRÓ Centre had various meetings in the first week of December to explore possible avenues of cooperation with the three Rome based UN Agencies: the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation (the FAO), the World Food Programme (WFP) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).
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GRÓ GEST Records New Online Course in Cape Town

The course teaches learners how to form their own advocacy plan for ending gender-based violence
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GTÓ GTP fellows, Bjarni Richter and the Minister for foreign Affairs. Photo credit: HÍ/Kristinn Ingvarsson

GRÓ GTP's impact over almost 50 years: 'Investing in people is the most powerful renewable energy of all.'

The impact of nearly fifty years of Iceland‘s efforts to promote and advance geothermal energy around the world through the GRÓ Geothermal Training Programme was highlighted at the first event of a series focused on the four GRÓ Training Programmes: From Knowledge to Development Impact that took place on the 5th of November 2025 at the University of Iceland’s Ceremonial Hall. The recording is available online.

Statistics

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