
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

Women and Media: Unlocking Gender Equality

Home SOS: Gender, Violence and Survival in Crisis Ordinary Cambodia

Sexual Violence, Public Domain, and Disorders of Democracy

To Solve or Not To Solve? That is the Question. Critical Approaches to Advancing and Innovating for Gender Equity and Digital Inclusion

Action Days for the SDGs – SDGs and Impact Investing

Families in a Changing World: Policies to Promote Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women

Seeing Women’s Labor: The Problem of Domestic Work at the ILO

The Business of Women’s Empowerment in Rwanda

The Healthcare Needs of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) Individuals in the Great Lakes Region of Africa

Patriarchy, Gender and Peace
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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