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 post-political link between gender and climate change: the case of the Nationally Determined Contributions Support Programme
Accelerating achievement of the sustainable development goals
#MeToo and the aid sector: where do we go from here?
Online release of research documentary “Inequality and Conflict. Beyond Us and Them”
Engaging men and boys in gender equality: game changer or gamble?
Gendering Survival from the Margins
Meanings of Empowerment: Black Feminism and Entrepreneurship in Development Programmes in Brazil
“We don’t see female vaccinators”. Gender in Everyday Peace in Afghanistan
Women* on the move: gender, forced migration, and peacebuilding
Does International Law Help Eradicate Domestic Violence? Assessing the Impact of International Legal Instruments on Domestic Policies
The challenge of diversity in international courts
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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