
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 “Activist Client” : How Poor Voters Shape Democracy and Accountability in Urban India

Budget et égalité de genre : entre nerf de la guerre et guerre des nerfs

From the Centre to the Margins and Back Again: Women in Agriculture at the ILO

Genre et développement FAQ

Accelerating the United Nation’s 2030 Global Agenda: Why prioritising the gender goal is essential

The post-political link between gender and climate change: the case of the Nationally Determined Contributions Support Programme

Engendering the right to food? International human rights law, food security and the rural woman

Genre et développement FAQ

Untenable dichotomies de-gendering political economy

Gender Experts and Gender Expertise

Taking a Gendered Bottom-up Approach to Peacebuilding
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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