
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.


Triple nexus y atención humanitaria de mujeres y niñas en situaciones de crisis

Rural Cambodian women seeking access to land and to justice

‘Peace starts in the home’: gender-transformative peacebuilding in Colombia

Belly of the Beast

AI & Equality – Human Rights Toolbox

Breaking the Odds: History of women leadership in international organisations

Divorce, Living Arrangements, and Material Well-being during the Transition to Adulthood in Rural Malawi

Diversity, Inclusion, and the Issue of Racism Q&A
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View moreGoal 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