
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 Missing Life Stories of India’s Sex Workers

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

Performative technologies: agricultural research for development and gender

Gender equality as a resource for peace

How to (not?) know the Ethiopian Woman and her Hidden Desires

Gender expertise in global governance contesting the boundaries of a field

Feminist whiteness, feminist ethical responsibility and femoresistance

Engaging men and boys in gender equality: game changer or gamble?

Multinational corporations as partners for SDG implementation: evolution from ‘doing no harm’ to ‘doing good’

African women in films about African colonial and postcolonial conflicts

Students Present “Blue Peace” Project at World Conservation Congress
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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