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: INSTRAW Update: Measuring Unpaid Work. (1995). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1995
Description: This flyer discusses the recommended framework and methodology for collecting and including new data on unpaid work in calculations of GDP and other economic indicators. It shows that the satellite household account (SNA) provides a promising conceptual framework for future data collection as well as the basis for correction of inaccuracies and distortions in the system of national accounting.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Economy
Keywords: Satellite Household Accounts, Statistics , Unpaid work
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Novedades del INSTRAW: Medicion del Trabajo No Renumerado. (1995). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1995
Description: This flyer discusses the recommended framework and methodology for collecting and including new data on unpaid work in calculations of GDP and other economic indicators. It shows that the satellite household account (SNA) provides a promising conceptual framework for future data collection as well as the basis for correction of inaccuracies and distortions in the system of national accounting.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Economy
Keywords: Satellite Household Accounts, Statistics , Unpaid work
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: Spanish
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: INSTRAW Information Brief Nos. 5 &6. (1995). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1995
Description: This information brief published INSTRAW's Global programme of activities during the period of 1 November 1994 to 28 February 1995. The purpose of this review is to provide documentation for linking sustainable macro-economic strategies in support of micro-level action to aspects of sustainable development as recommended in Agenda 21 adopted at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED).
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: INSTRAW
Keywords: Programmes , Planning, Women in development
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: INSTRAW Profile. (1995). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1995
Description: This brochure presents information about the foundation of INSTRAW, its programmes and researches carried out in different parts of the world in order to empower and to promote women.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: INSTRAW
Keywords: Empowerment , Women and development, Participation
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
Spanish
French
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: The Social Summit: A Gender Perspective. (1995). INSTRAW News, No. 22, 24.
Year: 1995
Description: This issue of INSTRAW News offers a broad overview of how gender issues have evolved, beginning with the adoption of the UN Charter fifty years ago, then the first International Women's Conference in Mexico City in 1975, and the changes which resulted. A review and analysis of specific gender issues follow, as seen through the prism of the three core items on the Social Summit Agenda, attacking poverty, creating jobs and building social solidarity. Articles included focus on the following topics: the Social Summit, road to equal partnership, unequal burden of poverty, women's double burden, women on the margins, and the message from the UN50 Secretariat.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Several
Keywords: Women and Development, Poverty , Participation
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: French
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: The Social Summit: A Gender Perspective. (1995). INSTRAW News, No. 22, 24.
Year: 1995
Description: This issue of INSTRAW News offers a broad overview of how gender issues have evolved, beginning with the adoption of the UN Charter fifty years ago, then the first International Women's Conference in Mexico City in 1975, and the changes which resulted. A review and analysis of specific gender issues follow, as seen through the prism of the three core items on the Social Summit Agenda, attacking poverty, creating jobs and building social solidarity. Articles included focus on the following topics: the Social Summit, road to equal partnership, unequal burden of poverty, women's double burden, women on the margins, and the message from the UN50 Secretariat.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Several
Keywords: Women and Development, Poverty , Participation
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: Spanish
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Les femmes et l'ONU 1945-1995. (1995). New York, United States: INSTRAW.
Year: 1995
Description:

Este folleto plantea la contribución de las Naciones Unidas relativa a la promoción de las mujeres en el mundo presentando una lista de los diferentes acuerdos, convenciones y declaraciones adoptadas que abarcan la no discriminación en la educación, la no-violencia, la equidad de género y la participación, entre otras medidas.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: United Nations
Keywords: Rights, Conventions, Institutional strengthening
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: French
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: La ONU y las mujeres 1945-1995. (1995). New York, United States: INSTRAW.
Year: 1995
Description:

Este folleto plantea la contribución de las Naciones Unidas relativa a la promoción de las mujeres en el mundo presentando una lista de los diferentes acuerdos, convenciones y declaraciones adoptadas que abarcan la no discriminación en la educación, la no-violencia, la equidad de género y la participación, entre otras medidas.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: United Nations
Keywords: Rights, Conventions, Institutional strengthening
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: Spanish
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Mehra, R., Drost-Maasry, A. & Rahman, R. (1995). Credit for Women: Why is it so Important? Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1995
Description: This research examines how poor women in developing countries bear a significant responsibility for supporting their households economically. The paper focuses exclusively on poor women's access to microfinance mainly because they represent the vast majority of the world's women. Having an impact on them is likely to make the greater difference in reducing poverty which should be an important goal of development policy.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Research
Theme: Economy
Keywords: Credit, Microfinance, Poverty
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Mehra, R., Drost-Maasry, A. & Rahman, R. (1995). Credito para la mujer: Por que es tan importante? Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1995
Description: This research examines how poor women in developing countries bear a significant responsibility for supporting their households economically. The paper focuses exclusively on poor women's access to microfinance mainly because they represent the vast majority of the world's women. Having an impact on them is likely to make the greater difference in reducing poverty which should be an important goal of development policy.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Research
Theme: Economy
Keywords: Credit, Microfinance, Poverty
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: Spanish
LinkToFile: PDF FILE