
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.


Gender and Bodies in Global Health

La définition du genre dans le droit pénal international et le droit international relatif aux droits humains

Politics of Gender Expertise: Debating Women’s Rights and Cultural Norms

From the Centre to the Margins and Back Again: Women in Agriculture at the ILO

Enhancing the protection of sex workers

Beyond Formal Participation: Intersectionality by Design

Feminist whiteness, feminist ethical responsibility and femoresistance

Underground women miners: Space “invaders” and gendered subjectivities in the making

Gender training a transformative tool for gender equality

The Healthcare Needs of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) Individuals in the Great Lakes Region of Africa

Justice denied? Access to justice for victims of sexual violence
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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