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GEST meets with UNESCO Ghana Commision

24 November 2022
From left: Secretary-general Ama Serwah Nerquaye-Tetteh, GEST project manager Anna Guðrún Aradóttir,…
From left: Secretary-general Ama Serwah Nerquaye-Tetteh, GEST project manager Anna Guðrún Aradóttir, programme officer Joan Agyekum Nsowah, and GEST academic coordinator Dr Thomas Brorsen Smidt.

Yesterday GRÓ GEST staff members Anna Guðrún Aradóttir and Dr Thomas Brorsen Smidt had the honor of meeting with secretary-general of the Ghana National Commision for UNESCO Ama Serwah Nerquaye-Tetteh and programme officer Joan Agyekum Nsowah at the commission offices at the Ghanaian Ministry of Education.

The secretary-general last visited Iceland in May this year at an international meeting for UNESCO'S country representatives in Reykjavik. Here she was introduced to GRÓ - International Centre for Capacity Development – Sustainable use of Natural Resources and Societal Change, as well as to the GEST programme and some of its fellows.

At yesterday's meeting it was reaffirmed that the Ghana Commission for UNESCO is committed to forwarding gender equality in Ghana. The secretary-general also expressed great interest in collaborating with GEST in locating excellent junior professionals in the area of gender equality for the GEST post-graduate training programme, as well as supporting GEST's existing Ghanaian alumni network in their future activities.

The work of GEST is closely connected to UNESCO – in particular the work of the Education Sector and Social and Human Sciences Sector. GEST is also currently collaborating with UNESCO’s Division for Gender Equality to create a Massive Open Online Course on Men, Boys and Masculinities.

GEST looks forward to a continued fruitful collaboration.