14 May 2020
GEST's First Free Online Course
Registration is now open for GEST’s first online course within the edX network.
14 May 2020
The 2020 GEST Cohort Meets the President of Iceland
The GEST programme had the pleasure of hosting a visit from the President and the First Lady of Iceland, Mr. Guðni Th. Jóhannesson and Mrs. Eliza Reid, at the University of Iceland.
20 April 2020
Open Call for Nominations for the 2021 GEST Programme
The Gender Equality Studies and Training (GEST) programme calls for nominations for its academic programme in 2021. The deadline for nominations is 20 May 2020.
17 March 2020
Update Regarding Covid-19
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the University of Iceland will be closed for the next four weeks. This closure affects the current 2020 GEST programme severely as all teaching now happens online.
24 February 2020
Climate Change, Gender Equality and Development Cooperation
This lecture will focus specifically on the links between gender and climate change in Sub-Saharan Africa and discuss the importance of integrating gender concerns into climate policies and programmes in development cooperation.
13 February 2020
MOU signed between Makerere University and University of Iceland
The GEST programme at the University of Iceland and Makerere University‘s School of Women and Gender Studies (SWGS) in Kampala, Uganda, have collaborated for many years.