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: Arriagada. I. (2011). La organización social de los cuidados y la vulneración de derechos en Chile. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: UN Women.
Year: 2011
Description:

Esta publicación trata sobre la organización social de los cuidados y vulneración de derechos en Chile. Analiza las formas en que se organiza el cuidado en Chile, y también examina las tendencias socio-demográficas que definen las necesidades de cuidado en Chile, mediante el análisis de la demanda potencial de cuidados y cuidadoras, dado el envejecimiento de la población, los cambios familiares y la población dependiente existente. Busca contribuir con la formulación de propuestas que integren el componente del cuidado como eje central del desarrollo y que valoricen el trabajo de cuidados, la responsabilidad colectiva y la igualdad de género en la provisión de cuidados.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Research
Theme: Migration
Keywords: Human rights , Care, Remittances
Geographic Area: Latin America and the Caribbean
Languages: Spanish
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Genta, N. & Contreras, J. (2011). La organización social de los cuidados y la vulneración de derechos en Ecuador. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: UN Women.
Year: 2011
Description:

Esta publicación  analiza y describe  la oferta y demanda potencial de cuidados en la población ecuatoriana e identifica los vacíos o necesidades existentes para establecer la denominada “brecha de necesidades de cuidado”. Esto es con el propósito de  contribuir a la formulación de propuestas que integren el componente del cuidado como eje central del desarrollo y que valoricen el trabajo de cuidados, la responsabilidad colectiva y la igualdad de género en la provisión de cuidados.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Research
Theme: Migration
Keywords: Cares, Human rights , Economy
Geographic Area: Latin America and the Caribbean
Languages: Spanish
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Díaz Gorfinkiel, M. & Pérez Orozco, A. (2011). La organización social de los cuidados y la vulneración de derechos en España. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: UN Women.
Year: 2011
Description:

esta publicación analiza la organización social de los cuidados en España para comprender cómo se están cubriendo efectivamente. Esto implica determinar cuál es la demanda y cómo ésta siendo cubierta, prestando atención al papel de las instituciones públicas. Además este documento trata de identificar si se están reconociendo y ejerciendo derechos relativos al cuidados.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Research
Theme: Migration
Keywords: Care, Human Rights, Economy
Geographic Area: Europe
Languages: Spanish
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Anderson, J. (2011). La organización social de los cuidados y la vulneración de derechos en Perú. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: UN Women.
Year: 2011
Description:

Esta publicación trata sobre la organización social de los cuidados y la vulneración de derechos en Perú.  ONU MUJERES analiza la situación socio-económica de Perú y  formula  propuestas que integren el componente del cuidado como eje central del desarrollo y que valoricen el trabajo de cuidados, la responsabilidad colectiva y la igualdad de génerosu provisión.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Research
Theme: Migration
Keywords: Care, Empowerment , Development
Geographic Area: Latin America and the Caribbean
Languages: Spanish
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Monitoring Aid Effectiveness from a Gender Perspective. (2012). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 2012
Description: This pamphlet presents the importance of monitoring aid effectiveness from a gender perspective.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Aid Effectiveness
Keywords: economy , International cooperation , Development
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Monitoring Aid Effectiveness from a Gender Perspective: Country Report Cambodia. (2012). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 2012
Description: This research aims to provide a comprehensive review of the Cambodian aid architecture, the accountability mechanisms, and the extent to which gender and women's empowerment are addressed within the new aid modalities. It also focuses on the role of civil society, particularly organizations working in the field of gender equality and women's empowerment, in the aid management processes and in monitoring aid flows and development results from a gender perspective.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Aid Effectiveness
Keywords: Empowerment , International cooperation , Accountability
Geographic Area: Asia
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Carcedo, A., Groh, M., & Lexartza, L. (2012). Cadenas globales de cuidados: el papel de las migrantes nicaragüenses en la provisión de cuidados en Costa Rica. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: UN Women.
Year: 2012
Description:

Este trabajo de investigación sobre cadenas globales de cuidado en el corredor migratorio Nicaragua-Costa Rica puntualiza el vínculo entre el fenómeno de la migración y los cuidados y detalla los impactos de este vínculo sobre el desarrollo. Impacto que no alcanza únicamente a los hogares implicados directamente en las cadenas sino que afecta también al conjunto de la estructura socioeconómica.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Research
Theme: Migration
Keywords: Global Care chains , Empowerment , Labour insertion
Geographic Area: Latin America and the Caribbean
Languages: Spanish
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Supporting the Monitoring of Aid Effectiveness from a Gender Perspective. (2012). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 2012
Description: This publication provides a workings structure for the country research and to ensure comparability of the study findings between countries. It focuses on the achievements and challenges for the key stakeholders according to each of five principles of the Paris Declaration, viewed with gender lens and with the active engagement of civil society as a core concern.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Research
Theme: Aid Effectiveness
Keywords: Paris declaration, Civil society , Monitoring
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Nouzha, L., Said, T. & Alami, H. (2012). Monitoring and Evaluation of Aid Effectiveness from a Gender Perspective: Case of Morocco. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 2012
Description: This research study on the monitoring and evaluation of aid effectiveness from a gender perspective aims to propose measures for strengthening gender equality and women's empowerment in the process for financing development. To this end, UN women developed a strategy concerning gender mainstreaming in donor strategies, harmonisation among various actor, and specific budget allocations for gender equality.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Research
Theme: Aid Effectiveness
Keywords: Economic Empowerment , Gender equality , International cooperation
Geographic Area: Africa
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Nouzha, L., Said, T. & Alami, H. (2012). Monitoring and Evaluation of Aid Effectiveness from a Gender Perspective: Case of Morocco. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 2012
Description: This research study on the monitoring and evaluation of aid effectiveness from a gender perspective aims to propose measures for strengthening gender equality and women's empowerment in the process for financing development. To this end, UN women developed a strategy concerning gender mainstreaming in donor strategies, harmonisation among various actor, and specific budget allocations for gender equality.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Research
Theme: Aid Effectiveness
Keywords: Economic Empowerment , Gender equality , International cooperation
Geographic Area: Africa
Languages: French
LinkToFile: PDF FILE