GEST

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

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30 peer facilitators trained to advance intersex rights in Kenya!

GRÓ GEST alumnus Linus Odhiambo's Be.SEEN project, supported by our March 8 Fund, is strengthening community-led support and advocacy for intersex people.

Read more: https://t.co/q8bxET69sB

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🎉 Congratulations to 2025 GRÓ GEST alumna Juliet Nyarko Adansi 🇬🇭 on her appointment as an International Organization of Youth Ambassador for 2026–2027!

A well-deserved recognition of her work in gender equality, girls’ education and youth leadership.

https://t.co/Twh6YQ8id7

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Congratulations to GRÓ GEST alumna Sonal Dhanani (Pakistan, 2022), recognised with the Pankaj Award to End Conflict at #OneYoungWorld 2026 in Cape Town for her work advancing peacebuilding and transformative justice.

Read more: https://t.co/CawsuOEetq

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GRÓ GEST alumnus Ivan Bwowe (Uganda, 2020) has co-authored a new study in BMC Public Health exploring links between disability, discrimination and mental health among young women in Kampala.

https://t.co/TRowOEjtRz

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GRÓ GEST Research Specialist Giti Chandra joined a Kyiv discussion of alumna Daryna-Mariia Zavhorodnia’s research on Ukrainian women’s political agency, offering a decolonial perspective.

https://t.co/d3mWcUxagd

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🇺🇦 Our 2026 alumna Daryna-Mariia Zavhorodnia shared her award-winning research on women’s political participation in wartime Ukraine—and why women must help shape its democratic future.

https://t.co/ULtRtdWF9q

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At @Makerere GRÓ GEST alumni, feminist scholar and development practitioners, explored epistemic justice through critical perspectives on gender, knowledge and power, challenging established hierarchies of expertise.
Read more: https://t.co/cLbXssfzLn

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Can development partnerships be equal when funders define success? Is recognising local knowledge meaningful if those who produce it have little authority to shape decisions?

From GRÓ GEST’s conference at Makerere:
https://t.co/z7GktdlWEI

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🌍 At #EpistemicJusticeInPractice at Makerere, keynotes by Josephine Ahikire & Tamara Shefer sparked dialogue with GRÓ GEST alumni from East Africa and Makerere professors & emerging scholars on decolonising research and gender justice. Co-hosted by GRÓ GEST & @Makerere’s IGD.

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GRÓ GEST calls for nominations for the 2024 GEST postgraduate diploma programme. Deadline for nominations is 8 March 2023. For further information: https://t.co/U2r2jhmySV

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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. 👉👉 https://t.co/8g2nMAwZcI

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Excited to share that the GEST programme is now open for nominations for the 2023 academic programme. Deadline is 14 March 2022. See further information here #genderequality #grocentre 👉https://t.co/efEudzcVxa

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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 https://t.co/Qna5yUMU9h

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@sverdlilja Til hamingju !

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Exciting news from our good colleagues ‘down under’!

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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. 🗣👩‍💻

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GEST alumni publishes research on the gendered impact of COVID-19: https://t.co/NRZA5gZmY9

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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:https://t.co/xq5l4S4UIw

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Very happy to collaborate with @H_PeaceCentre on this year's Imagine Forum, Building Trust for Sustainable Peace this Friday @uni_iceland learn more 👉 https://t.co/4iPdeixWgM

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Very happy to collaborate with @H_PeaceCentre on this year's Imagine Forum, Building Trust for Sustainable Peace this Friday @uni_iceland learn more 👉 https://t.co/4iPdeixWgM

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adicie's lecture today has been moved to Háskólabíó / University Cinema. The house opens at 13.00!
https://t.co/kJnN7sdc17