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.
International Gender Champions
Meanings of Empowerment: Black Feminism and Entrepreneurship in Development Programmes in Brazil
Land Commercialization, Gendered Agrarian Transformation and the Right to Food (DEMETER)
The challenge of diversity in international courts
Taking Action: NGO responses to Kenya’s Neglected Boy Child Debate
Fighting attacks on Gender Studies and sexuality education using human rights instruments
Hatred, Compassion, and Love: Productions of Political Communities and Bodies through the Affective Politics around ISIS Visuals of Queer Executions
Accountability for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Humanitarian Settings
Anti-Gender Movements
Genre et développement FAQ
A gender analysis @WHA70
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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