
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.


Engaging men and boys in gender equality: game changer or gamble?

Women* on the move: gender, forced migration, and peacebuilding

We need to talk about sexual violence against men

“Confrontation is from Mars, Cooperation is from Venus”. Gendering Defence Cooperation in Europe

The (Gendered) Violence among Us

The Gender Dimensions of Conflict

Afghan Women and the Global War on Terror

Gender Disparities and Replication Effects within the Households. A Cambodian Case Study

The Gospel of Birth Control: Prophets, Patients, and the Transnational Family Planning Movement

Underground women miners: Space “invaders” and gendered subjectivities in the making

From the Centre to the Margins and Back Again: Women in Agriculture at the ILO
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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