
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.


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

Are women better welfare recipients?

International Gender Champions

Enhancing the protection of sex workers

Gender Theory in Practice

Masked Heroines? Building Resilience Begins with a Gender-Equitable Health Workforce

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

Genre et développement FAQ

“Indispensable to All Working Women and to Mothers in the Home”: Global Labor Standards and the Quest for Social Justice, 1919-2019

Early View Article – Accelerating the United Nation’s 2030 Global Agenda: Why prioritization of the gender goal is essential

Women and Children as Sites of Intervention: Past, Present, Future
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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