
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 International Affairs

DEMETER – Gender, Land, and the Right to Food

Hatred, Compassion, and Love: Productions of Political Communities and Bodies through the Affective Politics around ISIS Visuals of Queer Executions

Meanings of Empowerment: Black Feminism and Entrepreneurship in Development Programmes in Brazil

The Gender Centre’s EQUALS-EU Project: Bridging the Digital Gender Divide

Mapping ‘Care Chains’ in Export Horticulture in Senegal: Why does it matter to understand Labour Migration and Social Reproduction?

Sexual Violence against Men in Conflict

The Gender Binary in International Sporting Regulations: Legal gender categories as producers of (in)equalities in sports

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

The (Gendered) Violence among Us

Remeasuring Self and Society after Empire: The Human Sciences in Decolonization
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Goal 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