
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 Business of Women’s Empowerment in Rwanda

Sexual Violence: A New Weapon of War

DEMETER Gender, Land and the Right to Food

“I do all I can but I still fail them”: Health system barriers to providing Option B+ to pregnant and lactating women in Malawi

Feminist Critique-ability in Authoritarian Times

Afghan Women, Serial Wars and Imperial Violence

Accelerating the United Nation’s 2030 Global Agenda: Why prioritising the gender goal is essential

Women’s Rights in Latin America

Agricultural Commercialisation, Gender Equality and the Right to Food. Insights from Cambodia and Ghana

Gender analyses of the COVID-19 pandemic

Caring in Time of Crisis: Visioning a Feminist Future
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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