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: "I just sacrificed myself for the sake of my children". (2010). Human Stories: Philippines. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 2010
Description: This report examines how the migration and remittances are permanent fixtures in the lives of people in Lemery focusing in Lorna's experience in Italy. As a former migrant and a mother of migrants, Lorna understands the sacrifices and benefits of having a transnational family. While she migrated to get away from her domestic situation in the Philippines she recognized the benefits of working abroad and thus persevered to send her children abroad as well.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Migration
Keywords: Economic Empowerment, Remittances, Globalization
Geographic Area: Asia
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: "It is their goal to make money". (2010). Human Stories: Philippines. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 2010
Description: This report summarizes the experiences of the couple Roger and Rose as migrant from Philippines to Italy. The document reveals the activities of the couple to make money and improve their social and economical condition.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Migration
Keywords: Remittances , Development, Investment
Geographic Area: Asia
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: "La mayor parte de mis remesas se va en educación". (2010). Human Stories: Philippines. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 2010
Description:

Este reporte presenta brevemente las razones por las cuales Luzviminda decidió migrar desde Filipinas hacia Italia y al mismo tiempo como ella apoya a sus familiares que están en Filipinas a salir adelante mandándoles remesas.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Migration
Keywords: Remittances, Empowerment , Development
Geographic Area: Asia
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: "My investment right now is my son". (2010). Human Stories: Philippines. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 2010
Description: This report summarizes the experiences of Faith who decided to migrate to Italy from Philippines. She decided to stop looking for other investment opportunities and dedicated investing in her son's education.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Migration
Keywords: Education , Remittances, Investment
Geographic Area: Asia
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Voices from the Field: Migration, Remittances and Development in the Philippines. (2008). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 2008
Description: This document summarizes the interviews conducted by UN- INSTRAW/IFAD/FWD with migrants in Italy and their families back home in the Philippines focusing on the individual impact of migration and remittances on migrants, their gender roles relationships with their families, their economic well-being and the ways in which their lives, and those of their children have changed as a result.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Migration
Keywords: Remittances , Development, International Relationship
Geographic Area: Asia
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: UN-INSTRAW. (2010). Senegalese Migration to France. [Fact Sheet].
Year: 2010
Description: This document summarizes the impacts of the migration from Senegal to France in facts and figures and provides recommendations for a sustainable development in this country.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Migration
Keywords: Remittances, International cooperation , Sustainable development
Geographic Area: Africa
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: "Now this is what we are all seeking, to have our own house with our children". (2010). Human Stories: Senegal. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 2010
Description: This report tells the story of Kadia who joined her husband in 1970 in Belfast, northeastern France, an area deemed as dangerous. She talked about a situation with her husband when she visited Senegal and left their three children and only brought her 2-year-old-child.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Migration
Keywords: Remittances, Investment, Development
Geographic Area: Africa
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: "We have worked hard to get what we have and nobody can take it back except God." (2010). Human Stories: Senegal. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 2010
Description: This report summarizes the experience of Mamouda who migrated from Senegal to France by boat in 1965.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Migration
Keywords: Remittances, Investment, Development
Geographic Area: Africa
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: UN-INSTRAW. (2010). Reintegrating Female Ex-Combatants: Good practices and lessons learned in the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of women and girls. [Flyer].
Year: 2010
Description: This invitation announce the launching of a three-week virtual dialogue Reintegrating Female Ex-Combatants: Good practices and lessons learned in the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of women and girls.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Peace and Security
Keywords: Disarmament, Demobilization, Reintegration
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Torres García, I. (2010). El sistema electoral de Costa Rica en la participación y representación política de las mujeres. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 2010
Description:

El presente estudio hace un análisis integral del sistema electoral costarricense desde una perspectiva de género, reconociendo desde una mirada crítica los avances pero también los retos para aumentar y sobre todo no disminuir la representación política de las mujeres alcanzada en las últimas dos décadas. Asímismo, establece la necesaria relación entre el sistema jurídico, de justicia, electoral, institucional y sobre todo el papel del Estado y de la sociedad civil, y en este último grupo, el papel de las organizaciones de mujeres y feministas, por el logro de la igualdad de género, los derechos humanos de las mujeres y el fortalecimiento de la democracia.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Research
Theme: Leadership and political participation
Keywords: Elections, Democracy , Electoral systems
Geographic Area: Latin America and the Caribbean
Languages: Spanish
LinkToFile: PDF FILE