
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.


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

Public Policy, Economic Development and Gender

Fair Play: Gender Balance at Home and at Work

Migration and Labor Market Inequality: The Role of Skills, Gender and Trade

Silenced and (sur)Veiled: Inscribing Identity on the Female Migrant Body

How to (not?) know the Ethiopian Woman and her Hidden Desires

Engaging men and boys in gender equality: game changer or gamble?

Multinational corporations as partners for SDG implementation: evolution from ‘doing no harm’ to ‘doing good’

Women and Media: Unlocking Gender Equality

Narratives of Neglect: Kenya’s Boy Child and the Gendered Language of Grievance

‘Peace is in our hands’. Women take the lead to rebuild trust
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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