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.
Gender Theory in Practice
Gender and Bodies in Global Health
Child Care for Childhood and Business Development
Gender Equality: Do what we say, not what we do
Women’s Voices in the Media: Changing the World
Sexual Violence: A New Weapon of War
The Visible Woman? Power, Legal Knowledge and Gender Discourse at the International Monetary Fund
“We don’t see female vaccinators”. Gender in Everyday Peace in Afghanistan
Of dangerous ex-combatants, normal citizens and queering peacebuilders from the home: a feminist reading of ground-up constructions of ‘post-conflict’ Colombia in everyday reintegration practices
Gender and everyday peacebuilding: Insights from Indonesia and Nigeria
Accelerating achievement of the sustainable development goals
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View moreGoal 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