9 December 2015
Short course in Reykjavik: Gender-responsive budgeting
A short course on gender-responsive budgeting will be offered at the University of Iceland campus from 15 to 18 February 2016. The course introduces core concepts and underpinning principles for gender-responsive work, practices, policy processes, instruments, tools and strategies.
4 December 2015
Women in Mediation – Launch of a New Network
UNU-GEST will be acting as one of five operational partners in the Nordic Women Mediators' Network, an initiative backed by the Nordic countries, aiming to increase the number of women involved in international peace mediation efforts
3 December 2015
Short course in Reykjavik: Gender, Entrepreneurship and Innovation
A short course on how to set up and run businesses successfully, with special focus on women´s entrepreneurship will be offered at the University of Iceland campus from 3 to 5 February 2016. The course provides insight for practitioners in the field of sustainable development into how to design initiatives to promote women´s projects, innovation and entrepreneurship.
22 November 2015
Women and Policing in South Africa: A 21st Century Perspective
A lecture by Professor Shanta Balgobind Singh who is an Associate Professor within the programme of Criminology and Forensic Studies, School of Applied Human Sciences at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
7 November 2015
Delegation of Indian business women visits Iceland
UNU-GEST was introduced at a meeting with a delegation of 42 women from the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Ladies Organisation (FICCI-FLO)
2 November 2015
UNU-GEST, UNU-FTP and Matís joint research presented at the University of Iceland
Joint research efforts of UNU-GEST, UNU-FTP and Matís were presented at the Þjóðarspegillinn Conference in Social Sciences held at the University of Iceland on October 30th