
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 Visible Woman? Power, Legal Knowledge and Gender Discourse at the International Monetary Fund

Pathways and obstacles to achieve a more diverse, democratic, and inclusive international judiciary

Action Days for the SDGs – SDGs and Impact Investing

Exploring privilege through feminist gender training

Women Power, Politics, and the Pandemic: Celebrating women’s leadership

Public Policy, Economic Development and Gender

Genre et développement FAQ

Underground women miners: Space “invaders” and gendered subjectivities in the making

Advanced Development Macroeconomics: Empirical Research

Integration journeys of refugee women in Geneva

Remeasuring Self and Society after Empire: The Human Sciences in Decolonization
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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