22 April 2018
UNU-GEST and Makerere University offer scholarships for spring term 2019
UNU-GEST collaboration with Makerere University in Uganda continues. The partners are pleased to offer full scholarships to two master´s students of Makerere University to attend the UNU-GEST diploma programme 2019 in international gender studies in Reykjavík, Iceland
20 April 2018
Fellows talk about their experiences on national radio
On the first day of summer, four UNU-GEST fellows, Katuramu Peter from Uganda, Masha Durkalić from Bosnia-Hersegovina, Carmen Kishek from Palestine and Mercy Chaluma form Malawi were featured in a radio broadcast by the Icelandic National Broadcasting Agency, "Sendiboðarnir", or the "Messengers"
17 April 2018
Icelandic youth learns about gender inequality from UNU-GEST fellows
UNU-GEST fellows from Montenegro, Palestine and Malawi gave presentations about gender inequality in their home countries in Flensborg Upper Secondary School in Hafnarfjörður
16 April 2018
UNU-GEST Alumni Joseph Kazima honoured as He4She campaign champion
Joseph Kazima, who graduated from the UNU-GEST diploma programme in 2014 and now the head the Gender Mainstreaming Division of the Ministry of Gender in Malawi, was honoured with the He4She campaign badge on 22nd March 2018.
14 April 2018
Cynthia Enloe's lecture now available online
Prof. Cynthia Enloe´s lecture #IcelandToo? How Patriarchy Is Perpetuated, held 28 February at the University of Iceland, in now available online
11 April 2018
Mareef Fadel brings a Lebanese gift to the President of Iceland
Maaref Fadel, a UNU-GEST fellow from Lebanon, visited the presidential office in Reykjavík yesterday offering a gift to Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, the President of Iceland. Ms. Fadel was one of three students to deliver a speech for the President and the First Lady about her experience in the UNU-GEST programme in Iceland.