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The UNU-GEST Director, Dr. Irma Erlingsdóttir, was on a visit in Mozambique last week where she met diverse partners in ministries, national and international NGOs and organizations. She also hosted an event for UNU-GEST alumni in Maputo

Anne Flaspöler, postdoctoral researcher at the EDDA Centre and UNU-GEST, presented her initial findings of her field research at the Social Sciences’ Conference organised by the Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) of the University of Iceland on the 28th October 2016.

A conference session on gendered dimensions and gender roles at the Þjóðarspegill conference held at the University of Iceland 28 October includes a talk presented by UNU-GEST on gendered value chain analysis as a research methodology within the social sciences and as an applied tool for informing development interventions.

Erla Hlín Hjálmarsdóttir, UNU-GEST Head of Research presents a paper on the gendered dimensions within the rural water supply sector in Namibia at Þjóðarspegillinn conference 28 October

The staff of the UNU-GEST programme met with the United Nations Secretary General, Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, in Iceland on Saturday 8th October. UNU-GEST Director, Dr. Irma Erlingsdóttir, underlined the emphasis of gender equality issues as an essential part of the sustainable development agenda and as a precondition for its successful implementation and social justice in general.

Erla Hlín Hjálmarsdóttir, UNU-GEST Head of Research and Pétur Waldorff, UNU-GEST Senior Researcher organized and convened a panel on gender research and gender-responsive methodologies at Nordic Africa Days 2016 held in Uppsala, Sweden September 22-24.