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.
Public Policy, Economic Development and Gender
An Innovation Camp to Promote Feminism and Women’s Leadership in International Law and Policy
International Gender Champions
Afghan Women and the Global War on Terror
What is a Peacekeeper? Social Constructions, Power Relations, and Protection in the context of MINUSMA
Accelerating the United Nation’s 2030 Global Agenda: Why prioritising the gender goal is essential
Patriarchy, Gender and Peace
The challenge of diversity in international courts
Anti-Gender Movements
Blurring the Private/Public Binary : A Home Away from Home for Migrant Domestic Workers in Beirut
Women Power, Politics, and the Pandemic: Celebrating women’s leadership
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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