
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.


‘Peace starts in the home’: gender-transformative peacebuilding in Colombia

Taking a Gendered Bottom-up Approach to Peacebuilding

Democracy and the Black woman on the poster. A Black feminist critique

Introduction Gender Experts and Gender Expertise

Rethinking Representation in the International Bench: Democracy, Inclusion, and Legitimacy

Gendered Peace in Context

Performative technologies: agricultural research for development and gender

Dying for life: Ending maternal mortality?

Diversity, Inclusion, and the Issue of Racism Q&A

Divorce, Living Arrangements, and Material Well-being during the Transition to Adulthood in Rural Malawi

Celebrating International Women’s Day
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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