
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.


Exploring privilege through feminist gender training

Rural Women and Food Security

DEMETER Gender, Land and the Right to Food

Gender and International Affairs

What is a Peacekeeper? Social Constructions, Power Relations, and Protection in the context of MINUSMA

Gender and Development: From Theory to Practice

Feminist Critique-ability in Authoritarian Times

The business of women’s empowerment in Rwanda

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

Disruption, changes, and adaptation

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