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: The United Nations and Women. (1992). INSTRAW News, No. 18, 60.
Year: 1992
Description: This issue of INSTRAW News looks at the work of the United Nations for women, gives an overview of some of what has been accomplished and hasn't and looks ahead at major issues and plans for the Women's Conference in 1995 in Beijing.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: United Nations
Keywords: Advancement of women , Development, Planning
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: French
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: The United Nations and Women. (1992). INSTRAW News, No. 18, 60.
Year: 1992
Description: This issue of INSTRAW News looks at the work of the United Nations for women, gives an overview of some of what has been accomplished and hasn't and looks ahead at major issues and plans for the Women's Conference in 1995 in Beijing.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: United Nations
Keywords: Advancement of women , Development, Planning
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: Spanish
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: D'Souza, M. (1992). Participation: Key to Human Resources Development with Women. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1988
Description: This research study is focused upon the description and the impact of the methods used by the Institute of Cultural Affairs (ICA) in participatory planning, training and implementation of programmes.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Research
Theme: Economy
Keywords: Planning, Development , Human resources development
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Improving Linkages Between Women and energy Sector Policies Programmes and Projects with Special Reference to New and Renewable Sources of Energy: Methodological Approach Framework Plan of Actions for Malawi. (1992). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1992
Description:

This report of aims at involving women more effectively in the design, planning, implementation, management and evaluation of energy sector programmes and projects. IT also seeks to enhance the capacity of the national policy-making and institutional infrastructure for supporting women's sustained involvement in the energy sector. Particular emphasis was placed on the need to introduce or develop cost-effective and sustainable complementary approaches to traditional systems based on the use of new and renewable sources of energy.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Research
Theme: Energy
Keywords: New and Renewable Sources of Energy (NRSE), Methodological approach, Planning
Geographic Area: Africa
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Improving Linkages Between Women and energy Sector Policies Programmes and Projects with Special Reference to New and Renewable Sources of Energy: Zambia Situational Analysis. (1992). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1992
Description:

This publication provides and overview of the situational analysis of Zambia. It includes the country background, project objectives, and methodology of the analysis. It also details the main institutional players in terms of new and renewable energy resources with their respective roles, the primary new and renewable resources of energy being used, and the renewable energy activities of women.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Research
Theme: Energy
Keywords: New and Renewable Sources of Energy (NRSE), Insitutional framework, Planning
Geographic Area: Africa
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Women, Environment and Sustainable Development: Towards a Theoretical Synthesis. (1992). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1992
Description: This training package was prepared by INSTRAW, in collaboration with the International Training Centre of ILO with the aim to contribute to an integrated approach in the organization and management of environmental policies and programmes through the integration of women's needs as well as their participation in planning, management, implementation and evaluation of environmental programmes and projects.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Research
Theme: Environment
Keywords: Sustainable development, Planning, Policy
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
Spanish
French
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: La collecte et l'analyse des Statistiques concernant l'activité des femmes dans le secteur informel et leur contribution au produit national. (1992). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1992
Description:

Ce rapport résume l’atelier régional sur les méthodes de collecte et d’analyse des statistiques concernant l’activité des femmes dans le secteur informel et leur contribution au produit national qui a été organisé pour les participants des pays francophones de l’ Afrique du 8 au 12 octobre 1990 à Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) sous les auspices de l'INSTRAW et le Bureau Statistique du secrétariat des Nations Unis, en coopération avec la commission économique des Nations Unies pour l’Afrique.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Training
Theme: Statistics, indicators and data
Keywords: Informal Sector, Contribution , National Product
Geographic Area: Africa
Languages: French
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Participación de la mujer rural en el desarrollo. (1993). Santiago, República Dominicana: INSTRAW.
Year: 1993
Description:

Este informe resume los debates del seminario-taller organizado por la Dirección General de Promoción de la Mujer (DGPM) y el INSTRAW en la Herradura, Santiago-República Dominicana, en relación a las condiciones sociales en que vive la mujer rural  y su participación en los procesos de desarrollo. Propone soluciones para hacer posible la incorporación de las  mujeres en el desarrollo.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Expert group meeting
Theme: Development
Keywords: Rural Women, Social conditions, Participation
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Languages: Spanish
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Interregional Workshop on the Role of Women in Environmentally Sound and Sustainable Development, Volume I: Proceedings of the Workshop. (1993). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1993
Description: This report contains the proceedings of the Seminar on the Role of Women in Environmentally Sound and Sustainable Development which was hosted by the State Science and Technology Commission and the All-China Women's Federation in 1992. Included in this publication is the report of the workshop, background papers, and case studies from participants from all over the world discussing and broadening the theme of women and sustainable development.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Expert group meeting
Theme: Environment
Keywords: Sustainable Development, Technology, Women and development
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Interregional Workshop on the Role of Women in Environmentally Sound and Sustainable Development, Volume II: Project Profiles. (1993). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1993
Description: The report summarizes the deliberations of the interregional workshop on the role of women in environmentally sound and sustainable development. It contains project profiles specifically in the areas of water supply and sanitations, energy, rural development or agriculture, coastal area management, management, research and training, science and technology, micro-enterprises or construction, health, small-scale mining, statistics, population, ageing, desertification, and public information.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Expert group meeting
Theme: Environment
Keywords: Sustainable Development, Project Profiles, Several
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE