
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.


Gender Experts and Gender Expertise

Afghan Women, Serial Wars and Imperial Violence

#MeToo and the aid sector: where do we go from here?

2020 Geneva Gender Debate

The (Gendered) Violence among Us

A gender analysis @WHA70

Decolonial Feminist Horizons beyond Development

Jobs that Work for Women. How Does The Rural Labour Market Shape Gender Relations?

Taking a Gendered Bottom-up Approach to Peacebuilding

Performative technologies: agricultural research for development and gender

Rural Women and Food Security
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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