INSTRAW Library

Welcome to the INSTRAW LIBRARY, a compilation of around 600 publications produced by the former UN International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (UN-INSTRAW), which served as the leading UN institute devoted to research, training and knowledge management to achieve gender equality and women’s empowerment. INSTRAW, along with DAW, OSAGI and UNIFEM, came together in 2010 to establish the present UN Women.

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The Legacy of INSTRAW

In addition to the INSTRAW Library, the UN Women Training Centre presents the publication “The legacy of INSTRAW in promoting the rights of women. A historical record of the Institute between 1976 and 2010”, which intends to pay tribute to the story of INSTRAW as well as to the women’s movements and governments which supported it.

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Reference: A Woman's Time. (1994). INSTRAW News, No. 21, 20.
Year: 1994
Description: This issue of INSTRAW News describes firstly an important breakthrough in overcoming statistical barriers. INSTRAW has adapted a widely accepted statistical method, collection of time use data, as the means to put a value on the unpaid work. A second section deals with a specific facet of the same issue: women's management of water resources and the importance of their participation in national and international planning at the highest levels.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Statistics, indicators and data
Keywords: Unpaid work, Time use data, Water management
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: Spanish
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Cordero, M. (1994). Comunicaciones para la mujer en el desarrollo. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1994
Description:

Este estudio aborda diversos tópicos relacionados con la comunicación, su nivel de influencia y papel jugado como articulador de lucha democrática en las tres últimas décadas en la Republica Dominicana. El estudio está basado en una perspectiva de género que plantea una visión integral de la condición de la mujer, incorporando la dimensión participativa de ésta en las posibles modificaciones estructurales de la sociedad y critica la implementación de las políticas en materia de desarrollo referido a la mujer, las cuales no han modificado los esquemas de subordinación social femenina.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Research
Theme: Communication
Keywords: Media, Labour conditions, Social conditions
Geographic Area: Latin America and the Caribbean
Languages: Spanish
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Moreland, S. (1994). Rural Women in Development Model. New York, United States: DESIPA.
Year: 1994
Description: This manual examines the role of women in development and proposes an approach to raise the awareness of women's issue in development, as well as to ensure that WID issues and concepts are translated into actions and incorporated into concrete programmes. With regard to these models, one strategy is to establish analytical training tools that provide a framework for logical and consistent thinking about WID issues.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Research
Theme: Development
Keywords: Women in Development, Rural women, Strategies
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Moreland, S. (1994). Urban Women in Development Model. New York, United States: DESIPA.
Year: 1994
Description: This manual is related to women in development (WID) or more specifically, the contribution of women to national socio-economic development. The purpose of the model is to provide an analytical device which can show the effect of various policies in the arena of women in development on social and economic progress.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Research
Theme: Development
Keywords: Women in Development, Urban Women, Policy
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: The Migration of Women: Methodological Issues in the Measurement and Analysis of Internal and International Migration. (1994). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1994
Description: This reseach study provides an in-depth look at some of the problems that contribute to the neglect of research on women's migration. Primarily, the focus is on the inadequacies in existing data on women's migration on matters confronting the internal and international migration on women in the third world from a methodological perspective.This publication offers concrete recommendations on how to improve statistics and indicators on migration, eliminating, to the extent possible, existing biases and misrepresentation of women's migration.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Research
Theme: Migration
Keywords: Statistics, indicators and data, International migration, National migration
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
French
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: National Training Workshop on the Compilation of Statistics on Women in the Informal Sector in Gambia. (1994). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1994
Description: This report summarizes the National Training Workshop held in Gambia from 8 to 16 May 1991. It examines the factors that contribute to the country's underdevelopment and the biased approaches to women, including the traditional and cultural practices responsible for a wide discrepancy in data collection. An approach was needed that recognized women's input and participation in economic development, and for that purpose it was important to review the strengths and weaknesses or limitations of national-level data as a tool for planning, monitor changes in the status of women and facilitate their full participation in national development.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Training
Theme: Statistics, indicators and data
Keywords: Informal Sector, Traditional Practices, Cultural Practices
Geographic Area: Africa
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Women, Water Supply and Sanitation. (1994). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1994
Description:

This report gives a summary of the training seminar on Women, Water Supply and Sanitation organized by INSTRAW in cooperation with Red Thread Women's Programme in Guyana from 31 January to 4 February 1994. The training modules included in this report are organized according to the following topics: International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation and Beyond; Participation of Women in Planning, Choice of Technology and Implementation of Women, Water Supply and Sanitation Projects; Role of Women in Hygiene Education and Training Activities for Water Supply and Sanitation; Participation of Women in Management of Water Resources, Water Supply and Waste Disposal; Women and Waste Management; and Evaluation and Monitoring of Water Supply and Sanitation Programmes and the Role of Women.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Training
Theme: Water supply and sanitation
Keywords: Training, Management , Environment
Geographic Area: Latin America and the Caribbean
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Future Directions. (1995). INSTRAW News, No. 23, 32.
Year: 1995
Description: This issue of INSTRAW News attempts to focus on research in those issues which are becoming increasingly urgent, but which until now have been somewhat overshadowed by other, more immediate needs such as improved health care, nutrition and education. The said issues focus on the situation of eldery women, women's access to credit and the migration of women.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Development
Keywords: Ageing, Migration, Credit access
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Future Directions. (1995). INSTRAW News, No. 23, 32.
Year: 1995
Description: This issue of INSTRAW News attempts to focus on research in those issues which are becoming increasingly urgent, but which until now have been somewhat overshadowed by other, more immediate needs such as improved health care, nutrition and education. The said issues focus on the situation of eldery women, women's access to credit and the migration of women.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Development
Keywords: Ageing, Migration, Credit access
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Future Directions. (1995). INSTRAW News, No. 23, 32.
Year: 1995
Description: This issue of INSTRAW News attempts to focus on research in those issues which are becoming increasingly urgent, but which until now have been somewhat overshadowed by other, more immediate needs such as improved health care, nutrition and education. The said issues focus on the situation of eldery women, women's access to credit and the migration of women.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Development
Keywords: Ageing, Migration, Credit access
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: Spanish
LinkToFile: PDF FILE