
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.


COVID-19: Les inégalités de genre

Gender equality as a resource for peace

Contact Tracing Apps: Extra Risks for Women and Marginalized Groups

Reflections on Decolonising the Transnational Feminist Analytic

Accountability for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Humanitarian Settings

Genre et développement FAQ

Action Days for the SDGs – SDGs and Impact Investing

Untenable dichotomies de-gendering political economy

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

The Uncounted: Visibility and the Politics of Data in Global Health

Accelerating the United Nation’s 2030 Global Agenda: Why prioritising the gender goal is essential
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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