28 June 2016
UNU-GEST and Makerere University offer scholarships
UNU-GEST collaboration with Makerere University in Uganda continues and the partners are pleased to offer full scholarships to two master´s students of Makerere University School of Women and Gender studies to attend the UNU-GEST diploma programme 2017. The scholarships are partially funded by the Erasmus + grant scheme.
23 June 2016
UNU-GEST receives 10 million ISK grant for ‘Go for No‘ documentary project
UNU-GEST has been granted funding from the Icelandic Gender Equality Fund for ‘Go for No - Tackling gender-based discrimination within the geothermal industry’ international documentary project, in collaboration with Women in Geothermal (WinG) and Bless Bless Productions
21 June 2016
UNU-GEST alumna participates in 2016 Women Deliver Conference
Shaista de Araújo, 2015 UNU-GEST alumna from Mozambique, attended the 2016 triennial Women Deliver Conference during 16-19 May in Copenhagen, Denmark
10 June 2016
Wikigender publishes articles by 2016 UNU-GEST alumni
In joint partnership between Wikigender and UNU-GEST, seven fellows wrote articles that have been published through the Wikigender University Programme website.
30 May 2016
Adding Peacekeepers to the Debates of Critical Liberal Peacebuilding
Anne Flaspöler, Postdoctoral Researcher at the EDDA Center of Excellence, has recently published the article “Adding Peacekeepers to the Debates of Critical Liberal Peacebuilding: New Insights from the Perspective of Peacekeeping Training in Africa” in the academic journal Peacebuilding.
25 May 2016
Congratulations to the UNU-GEST fellows of 2016
The United Nations University Gender Equality Studies and Training Programme (UNU-GEST) celebrated the graduation of 15 fellows with a post-graduate diploma in international gender studies from Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Palestine, Uganda and South Africa.