25 May 2016
UNU-GEST 2016 presentations continued: Actions to End Gender-Based Discrimination and Confronting Systemic Biases
Second day of sessions saw 2016 UNU-GEST fellows present talks relating to their final projects submitted for the Post-graduate Diploma programme.
24 May 2016
UNU-GEST fellows present final assignments on Gender, Environment and Disparities in Agriculture
In the first of two days’ of lectures, the 2016 UNU-GEST fellows presented talks relating to their final projects submitted on the programme.
20 May 2016
UNU-GEST fellows present final assignments next week
15 fellows will complete a post-graduate diploma in international gender studies from UNU-GEST on 25 May 2016. Fellows will present final assignments on Monday 22 May and Tuesday 23 May 2016 from 11:00-13:00 in Oddi building room 101 at the University of Iceland

18 May 2016
Women's Human Rights Education Institute (WHRI) seeks volunteer research contributors for global study on women's human rights
WHRI invites researchers to join a research project on “good practices” in ending discrimination and promoting women’s self-empowerment for the UN Working Group on Discrimination Against Women in Law and Practice (UNWGDAW).

3 May 2016
2015 UNU-GEST Fellows attend Commission on the Status of Women (CSW60) session in New York
Two 2015 GEST Fellows, Limbani Phiri and Victor Maulidi from Malawi, were privileged to attend the 60th annual session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW60) at United Nations Headquarters in New York in March this year.

22 April 2016
UNEP GGEO expert meeting
UNU-GEST hosted the Final Book Sprint of the Global Gender and Environmental Outlook (GGEO) on 22-26 February 2016 at the University of Iceland, in Reykjavík.