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 and Bodies in Global Health
Meanings of Empowerment: Black Feminism and Entrepreneurship in Development Programmes in Brazil
Silenced and (sur)Veiled: Inscribing Identity on the Female Migrant Body
Emergencies in Kenya: Gaps in Gender Mainstreaming
A Gendered Perspective on the Pandemic
The rise of non-communicable disease (NCDs) in Mozambique: decolonising gender and global health
Fighting attacks on Gender Studies and sexuality education using human rights instruments
The Gender Centre’s EQUALS-EU Project: Bridging the Digital Gender Divide
Women Power, Politics, and the Pandemic: Celebrating women’s leadership
The Gospel of Birth Control: Prophets, Patients, and the Transnational Family Planning Movement
The Visible Woman? Power, Legal Knowledge and Gender Discourse at the International Monetary Fund
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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