
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.


‘Yo crucé el Atlantico sola’: Cuban migrant women negotiating gendered autonomy in Spain

Engendering the right to food? International human rights law, food security and the rural woman

Anthropological Perspectives on Reproductive Politics in the 21st Century

Land Commercialization, Gendered Agrarian Transformation and the Right to Food (DEMETER)

Genre et développement FAQ

What is a Peacekeeper? Social Constructions, Power Relations, and Protection in the context of MINUSMA

Engaging men and boys in gender equality: game changer or gamble?

Struggling With Care: Feminist/Queer Insights on COVID-19 as Socio-Ecological Crisis

Gendering transitional justice: a racialised construction of victimhood in post-revolutionary Tunisia

Climate Indicators and Sustainable Development: Demonstrating the Interconnections

Women* on the move: gender, forced migration, and peacebuilding
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