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.
The Business of Women’s Empowerment in Rwanda
Género y Desarrollo FAQ
Gender Experts and Gender Expertise
Gendered Security Strategies: How Women Matter in the Policy and Practice of “Countering Violent Extremism”
Rethinking Representation on the International Bench: Democracy, Inclusion and Legitimacy
Narratives of Neglect: Kenya’s Boy Child and the Gendered Language of Grievance
World Refugee Day
From warriors to local peacebuilders? Lessons from reintegration processes in post-conflict settings through the voices of former (female) combatants
Research Brief: Gendered Impacts of Land Commercialization in Cambodia
Reflections on Decolonising the Transnational Feminist Analytic
Decolonizing Pedagogies: Black feminist reflections on gender, race, faith and seeking solidarity in the academy
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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