
More than 20 professors, researchers and students focus their work around SDG 5 at the Graduate Institute. This work entails consultancy work for UN Women, research projects, such as the DEMETER project on Gender, Land and the Rights to Food. We additionally offer a variety of academic and executive education courses. The Gender Centre serves as a research hub on gender at the Graduate Institute.


Blurring the Private/Public Binary : A Home Away from Home for Migrant Domestic Workers in Beirut

Women’s Rights in Latin America

Home SOS: Gender, Violence and Survival in Crisis Ordinary Cambodia

Can we explain sexual violence by war and culture?

Sexual Violence against Men in Conflict

Justice denied? Access to justice for victims of sexual violence

Accelerating the United Nation’s 2030 Global Agenda: Why prioritising the gender goal is essential

Gendered Security Strategies: How Women Matter in the Policy and Practice of “Countering Violent Extremism”

“Difficult Patients”: Distinction and Inequality of Black Women in Reproductive Care

Masked Heroines? Building Resilience Begins with a Gender-Equitable Health Workforce

Accelerating achievement of the sustainable development goals
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Goal 5 highlights that gender inequality persists worldwide, depriving women and girls of their basic rights and opportunities. “Achieving gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls will require more vigorous efforts, including legal frameworks, to counter deeply rooted gender-based discrimination that often results from patriarchal attitudes and related social norms” as put by the UN Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform. Read more about Goal 5