
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.


Decolonizing Pedagogies: Black feminist reflections on gender, race, faith and seeking solidarity in the academy

The Gender Dimensions of Conflict

Women and Media: Unlocking Gender Equality

Triple nexus y atención humanitaria de mujeres y niñas en situaciones de crisis

WHS 2017: Equitable Access to Universal Health Coverage & Care

Accountability for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Humanitarian Settings

Anti-Gender Movements

Menstruations, Sharing Experiences from Africa and Asia

Advanced Development Macroeconomics: Empirical Research

Land Commercialization, Gendered Agrarian Transformation and the Right to Food (DEMETER)

What is a Peacekeeper? Social Constructions, Power Relations, and Protection in the context of MINUSMA
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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