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: Women's Participation in the Informal Sector. (1993). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1993
Description: This report summarizes the deliberations o of consultative meeting of experts on macro-economic policy held in Rome from 18 to 22 March 1991.It examines how to move forward from purely statistical research to the design of practical policy instrument to improve women's income and productivity in the informal sector in four major areas, national development planning, labour, agriculture and financial and monetary programmes.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Expert group meeting
Theme: Statistics, indicators and data
Keywords: Informal sector, Policy , Labour
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Women and the Environment. (1993). INSTRAW News No. 19, Double Issue.
Year: 1993
Description: This double issue of INSTRAW News draws on four case studies of environmental action, in four different countries: Bangladesh, Brazil, Burkina Faso and Tahiti. These studies aim to demonstrate the variety of womens involvement in the environmental movement and the need for more participatory forms of government at every level.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Development
Keywords: Sustainable development, Participation, Planning
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Women and the Environment. (1993). INSTRAW News No. 19, Double Issue.
Year: 1993
Description: This double issue of INSTRAW News draws on four case studies of environmental action, in four different countries: Bangladesh, Brazil, Burkina Faso and Tahiti. These studies aim to demonstrate the variety of womens involvement in the environmental movement and the need for more participatory forms of government at every level.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Development
Keywords: Sustainable development, Participation, Planning
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: French
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Women and the Environment. (1993). INSTRAW News No. 19, Double Issue.
Year: 1993
Description: This double issue of INSTRAW News draws on four case studies of environmental action, in four different countries: Bangladesh, Brazil, Burkina Faso and Tahiti. These studies aim to demonstrate the variety of womens involvement in the environmental movement and the need for more participatory forms of government at every level.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Development
Keywords: Sustainable development, Participation, Planning
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: Spanish
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: INSTRAW In House. (1993). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1993
Description: This brochure examines INSTRAW's activities with its focal points, discusses its activities related to the International Year of the Family and the preparation for the Fourth Conference on Women to be held in 1995. It also examines the implementation of Nairobi forward-looking strategies and the planning and coordination related to the United Nations System.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: INSTRAW
Keywords: Focal Points, International Year of the Family, Nairobi Conference
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: INSTRAW Report. (1993). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1993
Description: This publication summarizes the activities implemented by INSTRAW during the year 1993. It covers briefly the development of the organization as well as it current work in different parts of the world. It also present the organization's new research methodologies and training programmes.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: INSTRAW
Keywords: Activities, Research Methodologies, Training Programme
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: La investigación sobre la mujer en América Latina. (1993). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1993
Description:

Esta publicación expone los trabajos presentados por ocho investigadoras a la reunión que organizó el Grupo de Trabajo Condición Femenina de Clasco (CLASCO o CLACSO?) en la ciudad de Santo Domingo, en el mes de mayo de 1991 (REUNIÓN DE QUÉ?). Estas presentaciones abordan el examen, desde una perspectiva analítica, de los logros alcanzados por la investigación acumulada, su aporte al conocimiento y la autosustentación de sus casos.

INSTRAW's Mandate: Research
Theme: Research
Keywords: Social situation REVISAR, Research REVISAR, Women in development REVISAR
Geographic Area: Latin America and the Caribbean
Languages: Spanish
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: The Situation of Elderly Women. (1993). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1993
Description: This reseach study focuses on elderly women's position in family formation and households; on measuring their performance in the regular education system, economic activity and labour force participation, need for and sources of economic and social support; and finally provides a set of indicators and identifies data needs on the situation of elderly women.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Research
Theme: Statistics, indicators and data
Keywords: Elderly Women, Labour Force, Socioeconomic support
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Gender Training Portfolio. (1993). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1993
Description: This publication aims to describe and disseminate information on women/gender and development for use in a variety of situations. This promotes the sharing and effective utilization of such knowledge to positively influence development policies and helps make them more responsive to the needs of both men and women. It contains five modules and selected reader articles.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Training
Theme: Development
Keywords: Gender approach, Planning, Sustainable development
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
Spanish
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Atelier de formation: les statistiques et indicateurs sur les femmes dans les pays de l’Afrique francophone. (1993). Santo Domingo, République dominicaine: INSTRAW.
Year: 1993
Description:

Ce Rapport résume l´atelier de formation qui a eu lieu à Rabat (Maroc) du 13 au 17 décembre1993. A travers cette activité on a reflechi et debattu sur les problèmes relatifs aux données statistiques et indicateurs sur les femmes dans les pays de l’Afrique francophone dans le but de rendre les  organismes responsables de la promotion des  femmes plus conscients de l’ importance des statistiques et des indicateurs concernant la condition de la femme dans la société et leur rôle dans le développement  économique et social.

INSTRAW's Mandate: Training
Theme: Statistics, indicators and data
Keywords: Social Condition, Economic Development, Social Development
Geographic Area: Africa
Languages: French
LinkToFile: PDF FILE