
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.


Applying Decolonial Critique and Praxis to Publishing

Afghan Women, Serial Wars and Imperial Violence

Gender and Development: From Theory to Practice

Politics of Gender Expertise: Debating Women’s Rights and Cultural Norms

Gender Differences in Professional Career Dynamics: New Evidence from a Global Law Firm

Gender and International Affairs

Perceptions of Power: Closing the Gender Gap in the Digital Sphere

Performative technologies: agricultural research for development and gender

What Does the New Development Agenda Mean for Women and Girls?

#MeToo and the aid sector: where do we go from here?

Rethinking Representation in the International Bench: Democracy, Inclusion, and Legitimacy
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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