
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.


Taking Action: NGO responses to Kenya’s Neglected Boy Child Debate

Gender and everyday peacebuilding: Insights from Indonesia and Nigeria

Afghan Women and the Global War on Terror

The “Activist Client” : How Poor Voters Shape Democracy and Accountability in Urban India

Research Frontiers in Gender and Sustainable Peace

Accelerating achievement of the sustainable development goals

Why global health can offer more on gender

Welcome to Chechnya

The Gender Responsiveness of Social Marketing Interventions Focused on Neglected Tropical Diseases

Gendered Peace in Context

Climate Indicators and Sustainable Development: Demonstrating the Interconnections
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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