
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 (Gendered) Violence among Us

Global Impact of Roe v Wade being Overturned

The Uncounted: Visibility and the Politics of Data in Global Health

To Solve or Not To Solve? That is the Question. Critical Approaches to Advancing and Innovating for Gender Equity and Digital Inclusion

Decolonial Feminist Horizons beyond Development

Menstruations, Sharing Experiences from Africa and Asia

Women and Media: Unlocking Gender Equality

The rise of non-communicable disease (NCDs) in Mozambique: decolonising gender and global health

Breaking the Odds: History of women leadership in international organisations

How to bring research evidence into policy? Synthesizing strategies of five research projects in low-and middle-income countries

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