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.
COVID-19: Les inégalités de genre
The (Gendered) Violence among Us
“Confrontation is from Mars, Cooperation is from Venus”. Gendering Defence Cooperation in Europe
2020 Geneva Gender Debate
Fair Play: Gender Balance at Home and at Work
Le genre au temps des pandémies
Collaborationist Collages. Methodological Reflections inspired by Feminist Materialism
Shifting the paradigm for gender equity in health innovation: transforming research and development to better meet women’s needs
Integration journeys of refugee women in Geneva
Anti-Gender Movements
“We don’t see female vaccinators”. Gender in Everyday Peace in Afghanistan
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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