
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 Does the New Development Agenda Mean for Women and Girls?

Gender in Peacebuilding

Celebrating International Women’s Day

Decolonising the Curriculum and Racism in Academia

Justice denied? Access to justice for victims of sexual violence

Performative technologies: agricultural research for development and gender

COVID-19: Les inégalités de genre

The (Gendered) Violence among Us

Accelerating achievement of the sustainable development goals

Women’s Voices in the International Judiciary

The Missing Life Stories of India’s Sex Workers
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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