22 December 2016
Season´s greetings
The year 2016 is coming to an end. We would like to send all our friends and collaborators our best wishes for the festive season ahead and a wish for a Happy New Year.
13 December 2016
MSc defence by Lilian Okwiri
Lilian Aketch Okwiri, MSc Fellow in Sustainable Energy Engineering at the Iceland School of Energy at Reykjavik University, will give a lecture on her MSc project on Monday 19th December, 2016 at 09:00 at Reykjavik University, room V102.
12 December 2016
MSc defence by Jack Kiruja
Philip Jack Muthomi Kiruja, MSc Fellow in Engineering at the Iceland School of Energy at Reykjavik University will give a lecture on his MSc project on Tuesday 13th December, 2016 at 15:00 at Reykjavik University, room M209.
2 December 2016
Gender Full Spectrum – UNU’s New Blog Series
On the 25th November, the United Nations’ International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, UNU-GEST in collaboration with UNU-MERIT in the Netherlands, launched a new blog series – Gender Full Spectrum. The series represents journey through various UNU institutes and UN bodies, exploring gender’s multifaceted roles in different research areas and showcasing a wide range of gender-relevant research.
29 November 2016
Confronting gendered violence with a focus on perpetrators
A nordic conference taking place in Helsinki from 30 November to 2 December shifts the focus of gendered violence on perpetrators. Erla Hlín Hjálmarsdóttir, Head of Research at UNU-GEST will give a lecture on Icelandic research on perpetrators and collaboration efforts at the municipal level to counter domestic violence.
28 November 2016
UNU-GEST and Gender Issues at the COP22 Climate Conference in Morocco
Our representative Laura Malinauskaite attended the second week of the climate negotiations in Morocco as a part of the Women and Gender Constituency, the platform for observer organizations working to ensure women’s rights and gender justice within the climate change convention framework. Here are the main messages of the conference related to the outcomes of the conference, especially in regard to gender equality and climate change.