
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.


Intersecting liminalities in forced displacement: drivers and consequences of transactional sex

The business of women’s empowerment in Rwanda

DEMETER Gender, Land and the Right to Food

Home SOS: Gender, Violence and Survival in Crisis Ordinary Cambodia

Time to Look at Girls: Adolescent Girls Migration and Development

From warriors to local peacebuilders? Lessons from reintegration processes in post-conflict settings through the voices of former (female) combatants

The health workforce: a good investment

The Visible Woman? Power, Legal Knowledge and Gender Discourse at the International Monetary Fund

Women in Political Leadership and the Glass Labyrinth

Blurring the Private/Public Binary : A Home Away from Home for Migrant Domestic Workers in Beirut

Migration and Labor Market Inequality: The Role of Skills, Gender and Trade
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View moreGoal 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