
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.


Gendered Security Strategies: How Women Matter in the Policy and Practice of “Countering Violent Extremism”

Gendered Peace in Context

The Visible Woman? Power, Legal Knowledge and Gender Discourse at the International Monetary Fund

Genre et développement FAQ

‘Peace is in our hands’. Women take the lead to rebuild trust

How to (not?) know the Ethiopian Woman and her Hidden Desires

Online release of research documentary “Inequality and Conflict. Beyond Us and Them”

Male Survivors of Wartime Sexual Violence

Engaging women in mobile money markets

Public Lecture “Women’s Voices in the International Judiciary”

Climate Indicators and Sustainable Development: Demonstrating the Interconnections
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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