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.
Taking a Gendered Bottom-up Approach to Peacebuilding
Gender and Bodies in Global Health
From the Centre to the Margins and Back Again: Women in Agriculture at the ILO
What is a Peacekeeper? Social Constructions, Power Relations, and Protection in the context of MINUSMA
Why global health can offer more on gender
Genre et développement FAQ
Religiously-Inspired Baby Boom: A Case Study of Georgia
Gender equality as a resource for peace
From warriors to local peacebuilders? Lessons from reintegration processes in post-conflict settings through the voices of former (female) combatants
Enhancing the protection of sex workers
The Gender Responsiveness of Social Marketing Interventions Focused on Neglected Tropical Diseases
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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