
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.


Narratives of Neglect: Kenya’s Boy Child and the Gendered Language of Grievance

Gender and everyday peacebuilding: Insights from Indonesia and Nigeria

Who Pays to Fulfill Health Rights? Aid Eligibility, Accountability and Fiscal Space

Shifting the paradigm for gender equity in health innovation: transforming research and development to better meet women’s needs

Women, peace and security an agenda for the Human Rights Council

“Confrontation is from Mars, Cooperation is from Venus”. Gendering Defence Cooperation in Europe

Climate Indicators and Sustainable Development: Demonstrating the Interconnections

We need to talk about sexual violence against men

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

The business of women’s empowerment in Rwanda

Rethinking Representation in the International Bench: Democracy, Inclusion, and Legitimacy
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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