
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.


Welcome to Chechnya

Fighting attacks on Gender Studies and sexuality education using human rights instruments

Gender training a transformative tool for gender equality

Child Care for Childhood and Business Development

Caring in Time of Crisis: Visioning a Feminist Future

Taking a Gendered Bottom-up Approach to Peacebuilding

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

Are women better welfare recipients?

Can liberal democracy right the wrongs of racial and gender injustices?

Afghan Women and the Global War on Terror

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