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 Equality: Do what we say, not what we do
Celebrating International Women’s Day
Online release of research documentary “Inequality and Conflict. Beyond Us and Them”
Women’s Situation Rooms
Les enjeux de genre en santé communautaire : regards croisés Afrique – Amérique Latine
Accelerating the United Nation’s 2030 Global Agenda: Why prioritising the gender goal is essential
World Refugee Day
Gender expertise in global governance contesting the boundaries of a field
Feminist Critique-ability in Authoritarian Times
Justice denied? Access to justice for victims of sexual violence
Applying Decolonial Critique and Praxis to Publishing
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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