
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.


What is Gender and Diversity Today?

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

Género y Desarrollo FAQ

Exploring privilege through feminist gender training

Narratives of Neglect: Kenya’s Boy Child and the Gendered Language of Grievance

Género y Desarrollo FAQ

Can we explain sexual violence by war and culture?

Population Control and the Global Politics of Anti-Natalist Violence

Integration journeys of refugee women in Geneva

Women, Peace and Security. An Agenda for the Human Rights Council

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