
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.


Rural Cambodian women seeking access to land and to justice

Enhancing the protection of sex workers

Binary Gendering as a Facilitator of Inequality in the Law

Act now a call to action for gender equality in global health

We need to talk about sexual violence against men

Blurring the Private/Public Binary : A Home Away from Home for Migrant Domestic Workers in Beirut

Migration and Labor Market Inequality: The Role of Skills, Gender and Trade

What Counts? Women in Sport

Taking a Gendered Bottom-up Approach to Peacebuilding

Accountability for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Humanitarian Settings

Cohesion Project
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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