23 January 2019
RIKK & UNU-GEST Joint Lecture Series: Second Lecturer, Dr. Henri Myrttinen
Dr. Henri Myrttinen, Head of Gender and Peacebuilding with International Alert, is the second lecturer in the 2019 RIKK – Institute for Gender, Equality and Difference & UNU-GEST – United Nations University Gender Equality Studies and Training Programme – lecture series during spring term 2019. His lecture is titled: “Broadening the Scope – The Risks and Benefits of Integrating Masculinities and LGBTIQ into the Women, Peace and Security Agenda”, and will take place on Thursday, 24th of January, from 12:00 to 13:00.
22 January 2019
WGC2020 – Call for abstracts
The World Geothermal Congress (WGC2020) will be held 27 April – 1 May, 2020 in Reykjavík, Iceland.
16 January 2019
RIKK & UNU-GEST Lecture Series
Last week, Dr. Edda Björk Þórðardóttir Postdoctoral Researcher at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland opened the 2019 RIKK & UNU-GEST Lecture Series with her presentation “Trauma and its Health-Related Effects” at the National Museum of Iceland.
11 January 2019
UNU-GEST Welcomes the Fellows of 2019
Today, the United Nations University Gender Equality Studies and Training Programme (UNU-GEST) welcomed its 12th cohort to the postgraduate diploma programme in International Gender Studies. This semester, UNU-GEST has the pleasure of hosting 23 Fellows - seven men and sixteen women, from thirteen countries: Afghanistan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Kosovo, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Palestine, Serbia, and Uganda. The Fellows represent experts and postgraduate students from various professional fields including universities, local governments, public information, police, and legal assistance.
28 December 2018
Year at a glance
As an active year at UNU-FTP draws to close it is worthwhile highlighting some of the major achievements.
27 December 2018
World Economic Forum Global Gender Gap Report for 2018 Released - Iceland Sits at the Top
On December 18th the World Economic Forum (WEF) released the annually published Global Gender Report for 2018. For the tenth year in a row, Iceland sits at the top of the index, followed by Norway, Sweden and Finland.