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.
Rethinking Representation on the International Bench: Democracy, Inclusion and Legitimacy
Population Control and the Global Politics of Anti-Natalist Violence
Emergencies in Kenya: Gaps in Gender Mainstreaming
Contextually engendering conflict analysis
The business of women’s empowerment in Rwanda
Gender analyses of the COVID-19 pandemic
Gender expertise in global governance contesting the boundaries of a field
Gender and International Affairs
Folding Business In, Folding Gender Out: A Critical Analysis of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Initiative in Nigeria
The Uncounted: Visibility and the Politics of Data in Global Health
Decolonising the Curriculum and Racism in Academia
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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