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.
Untenable dichotomies de-gendering political economy
Justice denied? Access to justice for victims of sexual violence
Birth Control in the Decolonizing Caribbean: Reproductive Politics and Practice on Four Islands, 1930-1970. New York: Cambridge University Press. (Paperback 2018).
The Missing Life Stories of India’s Sex Workers
Rural Cambodian women seeking access to land and to justice
The Gender Centre’s EQUALS-EU Project: Bridging the Digital Gender Divide
Students Present “Blue Peace” Project at World Conservation Congress
Gender and International Affairs
Accountability for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Humanitarian Settings
Global Impact of Roe v Wade being Overturned
The (Gendered) Violence among Us
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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