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.
“Indispensable to All Working Women and to Mothers in the Home”: Global Labor Standards and the Quest for Social Justice, 1919-2019
Género y Desarrollo FAQ
Conversations with Naila Kabeer. Reversed Realities and Feminist Economic Strategies for Today’s World
DEMETER – Gender, Land, and the Right to Food
The Gender Binary in International Sporting Regulations: Legal gender categories as producers of (in)equalities in sports
DEMETER Gender, Land and the Right to Food
Genre et développement FAQ
Engendering the right to food? International human rights law, food security and the rural woman
Politics of Gender Expertise: Debating Women’s Rights and Cultural Norms
My Life as a Judge on the ICTR and ICC: Did I Make a Difference?
Underground women miners: Space “invaders” and gendered subjectivities in the making
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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