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.
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“I do all I can but I still fail them”: Health system barriers to providing Option B+ to pregnant and lactating women in Malawi
Menstruations, Sharing Experiences from Africa and Asia
Shifting the paradigm for gender equity in health innovation: transforming research and development to better meet women’s needs
Narratives of Neglect: Kenya’s Boy Child and the Gendered Language of Grievance
Exploring privilege through feminist gender training
Accountability for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Humanitarian Settings
The “Activist Client” : How Poor Voters Shape Democracy and Accountability in Urban India
“I do all I can but I still fail them”: Health system barriers to providing Option B+ to pregnant and lactating women in Malawi
“Indispensable to All Working Women and to Mothers in the Home”: Global Labor Standards and the Quest for Social Justice, 1919-2019
Meanings of Empowerment: Black Feminism and Entrepreneurship in Development Programmes in Brazil
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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