Gender Equality Studies and Training Programme promotes #GenderEquality through #Research and #Education at the University of #Iceland

Iceland
Joined January 2015
The GEST fellows had the opportunity this week to visit Konukot, an overnight shelter for homeless women in Reykjavík, where they also learned about @rotin_felag holistic approach to the issues of problematic substance use. 👉👉 grocentre.is/gest/media-gest…
GRÓ GEST welcomed its 14th GEST cohort in Iceland this week. It is amazing to experience the dedication of the 23 fellows who traveled to Iceland midst of a pandemic to join the GEST programme. #GRÓcentre #genderequality #iceland grocentre.is/gest/media-gest…
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Exciting news from our good colleagues ‘down under’!
We're proud to be a member of the Australian Feminist Foreign Policy Coalition launched today by @IWDA to advance #FeministForeignPolicy in Australia. Learn more and join us: bit.ly/IWDA-AFFPC #AusFFP #AFFPC #FFP #AusPol
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Session two on “Hybrid peace #mediation during emergencies and restrictions of travel”. What are the lessions from the COVID-19 pandemic so far? 😷🇮🇸🇩🇰🇸🇪🇫🇮🇳🇴 @FloMandelik represents NWM-Norway in this discussion and shares experiences from hybrid mediation at @NOREFno. 🗣👩‍💻
Norwegian member @havnanne, @NorwayMFA, shares her experiences from the Afghan #PeaceProcess in Doha, and reflections on how women can be included on all levels. 🇳🇴🇦🇫
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Among the speakers at tomorrow´s Imagine Forum are Sanam Naraghi Anderlini, Gulalai Ismail, and Fawzia Koofi. The conference takes place in Veröld - the house of Vigdís and will also be streamed. Press here to connect:livestream.com/hi/sustainabl…
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In August the GEST team welcomed its 2021 cohort to Iceland. It consists of twenty-one fellows from 15 countries. This year, for the first time, fellows from China, Egypt, Mexico, Mongolia, Namibia, and Nepal are joining the program. See: grocentre.is/gest/media-gest…
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The newly arrived 2021 GEST cohort is attending the Reykjavík Dialogue on gender-based violence (see: reykjavikdialogue.is). After giving her opening address, the Prime Minister of Iceland, Katrín Jakobsdóttir, met yesterday with the fellows at the Harpa conference centre.
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GEST has joined forces with Center for Women's Studies, Belgrade and six other partner organisations in conceptualizing and recording 35 podcasts on pressing feminist and gendered issues. More here: lnkd.in/es4dpW8
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Happy International Women’s Day! We recorded a special episode on our podcast this occasion, where we spoke spoke about GEST alumni and called Chinenye Anekwe in Nigeria, who received the first project grant from the GEST Alumni Fund in 2020. soundcloud.com/gestpodcast/m…
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In this third installment of our Erasmus+ series we speak to Linda Gusia about the women's movement in Kosovo during the 1990s. She reminds us of the importance of feminist solidarity and of remembering the past without romanticizing it. grocentre.is/gest/media-gest…
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The GEST programme has now opened a call for nominations for the postgraduate diploma programme in 2022. Deadline for nominations is 1 March 2021. For further information: grocentre.is/gest/capacity-d…
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Did you miss our virtual launch of The Routledge Handbook of the Politics of the #MeToo Movement? The recording of the event is live. Please share and enjoy!
For everyone who missed the symposium for the launch of The Routledge Handbook of the Politics of the #MeToo Movement, here is the live recording. Some fabulous speakers - do watch and share! youtu.be/DUC8hclPBR0 @moi_irma @gestgro
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Arab Women Mediators Network in numbers! - Founded in 👉🏼 2020 - Gathers 21 members - From 22 different countries Find out more!⤵️
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