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: Howard, M. & Schieber, B. (1995). National Training Seminar on Women, Water Supply and Sanitation. New York, United States: INSTRAW.
Year: 1995
Description:

This report summarizes the seminar held in Namibia from 20 to 25 November 1994 on women, water supply and sanitation. It focuses on providing safe drinking water and improve hygiene in rural areas at acceptable cost; promote an enabling environment for the participation of both the private sector and support organizations. Technical sessions include the following: the International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade and Beyond; the role of women in hygiene education and training activities for water supply and sanitation; and the involvement of women in management of water resources, water supply and waste disposal.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Training
Theme: Water supply and sanitation
Keywords: Environment, Rural women, Management
Geographic Area: Africa
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: INSTRAW Presence at Habitat II. (1996). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1996
Description: This document compiles papers circulated by INSTRAW in the Conference organized in Istanbul, Turkey from 3 to 14 June, 1996. It focuses on global and national awareness on the positive roles of cities and towns as centers of major social, cultural and economic activities to stimulate partnerships for more effective resource mobilization and investment and to improve the environment in which people live through new and more effective investments in shelter and urban development.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Expert group meeting
Theme: Environment
Keywords: Urban development, Economic Empowerment, Habitat
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Conceptos de genero en la planificacion del desarrollo: Enfoque Basico. (1996). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1996
Description:

This publication examines the gender concepts and promotes the participation of women in development planning. It promotes the consideration of gender issues as a way of furthering the mission of the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women reflecting the new ethic sustainable development. It offers the invitation to consider that at the heart of the gender and development nexus is the world of equal opportunities for all.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Research
Theme: Governance and planning
Keywords: Women and development, Equality, Gender concepts
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
Portuguese
Spanish
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: The Process of the Advancement of Women. (1996). INSTRAW News, No. 24/25, 72.
Year: 1996
Description: This issue of INSTRAW News examines the contribution of women in the development processes and proposes new strategies to alleviate and eradicate poverty affecting women's lives in order to achieve one of the objectives of the United Nations Decade for International Development, and therefore, a crucial issue for INSTRAW's research and training programme.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Development
Keywords: Poverty , Women and development, Social conditions
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: The Process of the Advancement of Women. (1996). INSTRAW News, No. 24/25, 72.
Year: 1996
Description: This issue of INSTRAW News examines the contribution of women in the development processes and proposes new strategies to alleviate and eradicate poverty affecting women's lives in order to achieve one of the objectives of the United Nations Decade for International Development, and therefore, a crucial issue for INSTRAW's research and training programme.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Development
Keywords: Poverty , Women and development, Social conditions
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: French
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: The Process of the Advancement of Women. (1996). INSTRAW News, No. 24/25, 72.
Year: 1996
Description: This issue of INSTRAW News examines the contribution of women in the development processes and proposes new strategies to alleviate and eradicate poverty affecting women's lives in order to achieve one of the objectives of the United Nations Decade for International Development, and therefore, a crucial issue for INSTRAW's research and training programme.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Development
Keywords: Poverty , Women and development, Social conditions
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: Spanish
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: UN-INSTRAW. (1996). Comité Interagencial Género, Mujer y Desarrollo. [Brochure].
Year: 1996
Description:

Este brochure presenta la constitución del Comité Interagencial Género, Mujer y Desarrollo (CIGM), su mandato y su misión en la República Dominicana.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Governance and planning
Keywords: Planning, Institutional strengthening, Women in development
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: UN-INSTRAW. (1996). Comité Interagencial Género, Mujer y Desarrollo. [Brochure].
Year: 1996
Description:

Este brochure presenta la constitución del Comité Interagencial Género, Mujer y Desarrollo (CIGM), su mandato y su misión en la República Dominicana.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Governance and planning
Keywords: Planning, Institutional strengthening, Women in development
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: Portuguese
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: UN-INSTRAW. (1996). Comité Interagencial Género, Mujer y Desarrollo. [Brochure].
Year: 1996
Description:

Este brochure presenta la constitución del Comité Interagencial Género, Mujer y Desarrollo (CIGM), su mandato y su misión en la República Dominicana.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Governance and planning
Keywords: Planning, Institutional strengthening, Women in development
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: Spanish
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: INSTRAW Biennium 1996-1997. (1996). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1996
Description:

Esta publicación describe el compromiso del INSTRAW con su mandato y sus esfuerzos por lograr iguales oportunidades tanto para las mujeres como para el hombre presentando las diferentes áreas de su accionar y el programa de su trabajo para el bienio de 1996-1997.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: INSTRAW
Keywords: Planning, Women in Development, Social Justice
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
Spanish
LinkToFile: PDF FILE