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: Practice note 5: Penal Reform and Gender, Gender and Security Sector Toolkit. (2008). Geneva, Switzerland: DCAF.
Year: 2008
Description:

This Practice Note examines the benefits of integrating gender issues into penal reform, as well as practical information on doing so.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Research
Theme: Peace and Security
Keywords: Penal reform, Legal Reform, Justice
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Practice note 6: Border Management and Gender, Gender and Security Sector Toolkit. (2008). Geneva, Switzerland: DCAF.
Year: 2008
Description: This Practice Note provides a short introduction to the benefits of integrating gender issues into border management, as well as practical information on doing so.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Research
Theme: Peace and Security
Keywords: Security reform, Gender and peace , Border management
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Practice note 7: Parliamentary Oversight of the Security Sector and Gender. Gender and Security Sector Toolkit. (2008). Geneva, Switzerland: DCAF.
Year: 2008
Description: This Practice Note promotes the integration of gender issues, as an important key to the effectiveness and accountability of the security sector, and to local ownership and legitimacy of SSR processes.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Research
Theme: Peace and Security
Keywords: Security Sector Reform, Peace , Empowerment
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Practice note 8: National Security Policy-Making and Gender, Gender and Security Sector Toolkit. (2008). Geneva, Switzerland: DCAF.
Year: 2008
Description: This practice note provides a short introduction to the benefits of integrating gender into national security policy-making, as well as practical information on doing so.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Research
Theme: Peace and Security
Keywords: Policy, Human right , Empowerment
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Practice note 9: Civil Society Oversight of the Security Sector and Gender, Gender and Security Sector Toolkit. (2008). Geneva, Switzerland: DCAF.
Year: 2008
Description: This document examines why the integration of gender issues into civil society oversight is a key to the effectiveness and accountability of the security sector, as well as practical information on doing so.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Research
Theme: Peace and Security
Keywords: Security Sector Reform, Civil society , Peace building
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Criteria for Selecting Good Practices Aimed to Build the Compendium of Good Practices in Gender Training and Capacity Development. (2008). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 2008
Description: This document published examines and promote the criteria to understand the concept of ''good practice'' in gender training and capacity. Through this, UN-INSTRAW aims to bring together practitioners from all over the world with a diversity of knowledge and experiences, in order to take stock of the present situation of gender training, identify real successes and failures and ways in which gender training can be strengthened as a component of gender mainstreaming and sustainable development.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Research
Theme: Training
Keywords: Good practice , Gender mainstreaming, Participation
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Criteria for Selecting Good Practices Aimed to Build the Compendium of Good Practices in Gender Training and Capacity Development. (2008). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 2008
Description: This document published examines and promote the criteria to understand the concept of ''good practice'' in gender training and capacity. Through this, UN-INSTRAW aims to bring together practitioners from all over the world with a diversity of knowledge and experiences, in order to take stock of the present situation of gender training, identify real successes and failures and ways in which gender training can be strengthened as a component of gender mainstreaming and sustainable development.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Research
Theme: Training
Keywords: Good practice , Gender mainstreaming, Participation
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: French
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Criteria for Selecting Good Practices Aimed to Build the Compendium of Good Practices in Gender Training and Capacity Development. (2008). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 2008
Description: This document published examines and promote the criteria to understand the concept of ''good practice'' in gender training and capacity. Through this, UN-INSTRAW aims to bring together practitioners from all over the world with a diversity of knowledge and experiences, in order to take stock of the present situation of gender training, identify real successes and failures and ways in which gender training can be strengthened as a component of gender mainstreaming and sustainable development.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Research
Theme: Training
Keywords: Good practice , Gender mainstreaming, Participation
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: Spanish
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: User Guide: Gender and Security Sector Toolkit. (2008). Geneva, Switzerland: DCAF.
Year: 2008
Description:

This document examines the benefits of integrating gender security sector reform (SSR), and provides strategies and recommendations to create an efficient, accountable and participatory security sector, which responds to the specific needs of men, women, girls and boys.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Training
Theme: Peace and Security
Keywords: Gender equality , Security sector reform, Empowerment
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Mackay, A. (2008). Border Management and Gender. Gender and Security Sector Toolkit. Tool 6. Geneva, Switzerland: DCAF.
Year: 2008
Description: This publication focuses on border management reform and the different ways in which border transactions impact the lives of women, men, boys and girls. It encompasses the various border control functions customs, immigration and law enforcement and demonstrates the operational benefits of ensuring that gender perspectives are included in border management policies, procedures and practices.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Training
Theme: Peace and Security
Keywords: Border management, Security sector reform, Peacebuilding
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE