
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.


We need to talk about sexual violence against men

Women’s Voices in the International Judiciary

Gender Disparities and Replication Effects within the Households. A Cambodian Case Study

Feminist Critique-ability in Authoritarian Times

Intersecting liminalities in forced displacement: drivers and consequences of transactional sex

Gender Theory in Practice

AI & Equality – Human Rights Toolbox

The Gender Centre’s EQUALS-EU Project: Bridging the Digital Gender Divide

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

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Sexual Violence: A New Weapon of War
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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