
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.


The Missing Life Stories of India’s Sex Workers

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

Gender and everyday peacebuilding: Insights from Indonesia and Nigeria

World Refugee Day

A gendered perspective on the pandemic

‘Yo crucé el Atlantico sola’: Cuban migrant women negotiating gendered autonomy in Spain

AI & Equality – Human Rights Toolbox

Who Pays to Fulfill Health Rights? Aid Eligibility, Accountability and Fiscal Space

Beyond Formal Participation: Intersectionality by Design

Kick it like a girl! Françoise Grange Omokaro to study girls’ junior football teams in Africa

Contextually engendering conflict analysis
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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