
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.


Collaborationist Collages. Methodological Reflections inspired by Feminist Materialism

Advocacy in International Affairs Q&A

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

Why global health can offer more on gender

Belly of the Beast

What is Gender and Diversity Today?

Sexual Violence: A New Weapon of War

Women* on the move: gender, forced migration, and peacebuilding

Performative technologies: agricultural research for development and gender

Migration, Gender, and family: the moral economy of transnational Cameroonian migrants remittances

Género y Desarrollo FAQ
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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