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.
Rural Cambodian women seeking access to land and to justice
Disruption, changes, and adaptation
Folding Business In, Folding Gender Out: A Critical Analysis of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Initiative in Nigeria
Narratives of Neglect: Kenya’s Boy Child and the Gendered Language of Grievance
Gender and Bodies in Global Health
Advocacy in International Affairs Q&A
Meanings of Empowerment: Black Feminism and Entrepreneurship in Development Programmes in Brazil
Sexual Violence against Men in Conflict
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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