29 May 2015
Fact-finding mission to Lesotho
On 7-15 May, the UNU-LRT Director went on a fact-finding mission to Lesotho in Southern Africa. The mission was a response to a collaboration interest of the government of Lesotho on combating land degradation and restoring degraded land.
21 May 2015
Congratulations to the UNU-GEST fellows of 2015
The United Nations University Gender Equality Studies and Training Programme (UNU-GEST) celebrated the graduation of ten fellows with a post-graduate diploma in international gender studies. The fellows came from four different countries; five men and five women from Malawi, Mozambique, Palestine and Uganda.
19 May 2015
MSc lecture by Oscar Fernando Cideos Nunes
Oscar Fernando Cideos Nunes, M.Sc. Fellow in engineering at the University of Iceland will give a lecture on his MSc project on Thursday 21 May, 2015 at 13:15 at University of Iceland, RV II building, V-158.
18 May 2015
Gender transformative approaches for sustainable rural development: Experiences from Sub-Saharan Africa
On Thursday May 21 Clare Bishop-Sambrook, Lead Technical Specialist, Policy and Technical Advisory Division at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in Rome, gave a public talk entitled „Gender transformative approaches for sustainable rural development: Experiences from Sub-Saharan Africa“. Clare discussed the importance of ensuring a gender perspective when implementing projects on rural livelihood and food security in IFAD’s work in sub-Saharan Africa.
15 May 2015
UNU-GEST graduates present their final assignments
UNU-GEST graduates will present their final assignments in an open seminar at the University of Iceland in Askja, room 132 on May 19th from 9:00 to 12:00. These are either project proposals aimed at increasing equality for women and girls in fellow´s home-countries or essays focusing on various aspects of gender equality. The event is divided into two sessions, the former is entitled Social Equality and the latter Gender-Based Violence.
12 May 2015
MSc lecture by Gaetan Sakindi
Gaetan Sakindi, M.Sc. Fellow in geophysics at the University of Iceland will give a lecture on his MSc project on Monday 18 May, 2015 at 14:00 at University of Iceland, Askja building, room 130.