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: Training: a complementary factor to research making the Advancement of Women possible. (1997). INSTRAW News, No. 27, 48.
Year: 1997
Description: This issue of INSTRAW News analyzes training and capacity building, one of the two fundamental elements of its mandate received in 1975, when during the International Womens Year, the first global conference on women was held in Mexico in 1975. In addition, the International Womens Year, with a vision of the future, shaped the framework of the steps to be followed by the international community, by states and governments, by public and private institutions, by society, in general, and women in particular.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Training
Keywords: Capacity building, International Women's Year, Human resources development
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: French
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Training: a complementary factor to research making the Advancement of Women possible. (1997). INSTRAW News, No. 27, 48.
Year: 1997
Description: This issue of INSTRAW News analyzes training and capacity building, one of the two fundamental elements of its mandate received in 1975, when during the International Womens Year, the first global conference on women was held in Mexico in 1975. In addition, the International Womens Year, with a vision of the future, shaped the framework of the steps to be followed by the international community, by states and governments, by public and private institutions, by society, in general, and women in particular.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Training
Keywords: Capacity building, International Women's Year, Human resources development
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: Spanish
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Womens Life Cycle and Ageing. (1998). INSTRAW News, No. 29,60.
Year: 1998
Description: This issue of INSTRAW News examines the different aspects of discrimination faced by older women in particular, and women as the age in general. Discussed also are the new and emerging technological changes taking places worldwide may help to reverse some of the discriminatory factors faced by older women and allow them to continue active lives in a new information society. It then compares the trends that shape the lives of girls and adolescents as they grow up in different world regions.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Ageing
Keywords: Health, Gender inequalities , Technology
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: INSTRAW'S Profile for the New Millenium. (1998). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1998
Description:

This publication presents basic information regarding the Institute's role and orientation within the United Nations System and the Women in Development (WID) discourse. This publication contents information about the INSTRAW, mission, funds, its work and its inter-agency collaborations.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: INSTRAW
Keywords: New Millenium , Women in Development, Programme
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Resumen Ejecutivo: Medición de la contribución de la mujer al desarrollo: implicaciones de políticas. (1998). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1998
Description:

Este folleto analiza la  encuesta nacional  sobre uso de tiempo llevada a cabo por INSTRAW durante el año 1993-1994. El INSTRAW mediante esta encuesta aborda los problemas de la investigación y capacitación relacionados con las estadísticas y los indicadores que permitirían redimensionar la contribución de la mujer al desarrollo de los países.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Statistics, indicators and data
Keywords: Labour, Survey , Productive activity
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: Spanish
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Resume: Les Migrations Des Femmes, Aspects methodologiques de la quantification et d l'analyse des migrations internes et internationales. (1998). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1998
Description:

Ce résumé analyse les concepts existants et les méthodes statistiques utilisées pour la définition et la compréhension des déterminants et des conséquences des migrations féminines. Il contient une préface, une table des matières du livre auquel il se réfère et une synthèse  divisée en trois parties: la recherche sur la migration des femmes, les femmes et les migrations internes et les femmes et les migrations internationales.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Research
Theme: Statistics, indicators and data
Keywords: Migration , Advancement of women, Women in development
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: French
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Resume: Calcul de la valeur de la production des menages et comptes satellites. (1998). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1998
Description:

Esta publicación es el resumen ejecutivo del informe "Valoración de la Producción del Hogar y las Cuentas Satélite" que explora métodos para desarrollar medidas para la creación de "cuentas satélite" sobre la producción en el hogar y presenta algunas valoraciones originales basadas en el producto para Canadá, Finlandia y Nepal, utilizando el marco antes mencionado.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Research
Theme: Statistics, indicators and data
Keywords: Satellite Accounts, Valuation , Household Production
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: Spanish
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Resumen Ejecutivo: Medición y Valoración de la Contribución No Remunerada: Contabilización Mediante el Tiempo y la Producción. (1998). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1998
Description:

Esta publicación presenta un marco general para facilitar la medición de las actividades de las mujeres y su integración dentro del marco contable. Trata de examinar, además, el estado actual de la técnica de recolectar y evaluar información sobre la producción en el hogar como medio de enriquecer el Sistema de Cuenta Nacionales (SCN) existente, por medio de cuentas satélites, e identificar nuevos pasos para facilitar la capacidad de las instituciones estadísticas para obtener los datos necesarios para desarrollar en forma eficiente las estimaciones nacionales de la producción no orientada al mercado . Es un resumen ejectuvo de algún otro documento? no queda claro
INSTRAW's Mandate: Research
Theme: Statistics, indicators and data
Keywords: Household, Production , Empowerment
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: Spanish
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Resumen Ejecutivo: Valoración de la producción del hogar y las cuentas satelite. (1998). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1998
Description:

Esta publicación es el resumen ejecutivo del informe "Valoración de la Producción del Hogar y las Cuentas Satélite" que explora métodos para desarrollar medidas para la creación de "cuentas satélite" sobre la producción en el hogar y presenta algunas valoraciones originales basadas en el producto para Canadá, Finlandia y Nepal, utilizando el marco antes mencionado.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Research
Theme: Statistics, indicators and data
Keywords: Satellite Accounts, Valuation , Household Production
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: Spanish
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Ageing in a Gendered World: Womens Issues and Identities. (1999). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1999
Description: This research study examines the social policy and identity issues raised by population ageing. It shows the way in which similar issues play out in different regions and different cultures, whether Japan or Canada, Peru or Turkey, the United States or countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The study identifies gaps in data and the kinds of information needed to address the issue of elderly women in the era of globalization as well as urbanization, including long-term changes in the labour market as well as continuing changes in family and household structures and patterns of care-giving.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Research
Theme: Ageing
Keywords: Social policy, Population, Care-giving
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE