
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.


Caring in Time of Crisis: Visioning a Feminist Future

The rise of non-communicable disease (NCDs) in Mozambique: decolonising gender and global health

Politics of Gender Expertise: Debating Women’s Rights and Cultural Norms

Menstruations, Sharing Experiences from Africa and Asia

La définition du genre dans le droit pénal international et le droit international relatif aux droits humains

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

Gender and International Affairs

Masked Heroines? Building Resilience Begins with a Gender-Equitable Health Workforce

Women Businesses in Developing Countries

Divorce, Living Arrangements, and Material Well-being during the Transition to Adulthood in Rural Malawi

Taking a Gendered Bottom-up Approach to Peacebuilding
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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