Pride Month & Geneva Pride

Geneva Pride is taking place in June as usual, with events starting on May 31 with an opening night, culminating with the parade on Saturday 7. But Pride Month doesn’t end there! Set in June after the Stonewall riots of 1969, it expanded outside of the USA more recently. On this occasion, a selection of titles related to the LGBT+ movement and gender studies is on display at the entrance of the library to celebrate the event.

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Children and their rights

“We are of our childhood as we are from a country.” – Saint-Exupéry.
For a long time, children did not receive much attention in international relations studies. After the First World War, children were seen as the future of the world and some actors began to be concerned about their fate. Discover a selection of titles in the entrance of the Library.

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Exploring gender equality: our collections as a source of inspiration

The month of March is all about women and diversity, with International Women’s Day (IWD) on March 8 and Geneva’s Gender Equality Week from March 4 to 14. Their mission is to raise awareness and actively advocate for a more inclusive and gender equitable world. 

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Exploring social justice in the Library

Social justice has been at the heart of the Geneva Graduate Institute’s mission since it was founded in 1927. Its short definition in the Oxford Reference is: “The aim of creating a fair and equal society in which everyone counts, their rights are recognised and protected, and decisions are made fairly and honestly”. In this blog post, our colleague Isabelle Vuillemin-Raval takes you on a tour through our collections on the subject.

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