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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ID: 1990-E-STA-GLO-EN
Reference: Statistics on Women. (1990). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1990
Description: This compilation of papers presented during the second INSTRAW/ECE Meeting on the Statistics of Women focuses on the following topics: improved measurement of women's labour-force participation, measurement of labour inputs and valuation of their outputs, and statistics required for implementation of the Nairobi Forward-Looking Strategies. Apart from country experience in compiling statistics and indicators, the study contains approaches to the valuation of household work in relation to national accounts, the work of women as homemakers, the issues involved in time-use studies and others.
Instraw's Mandate: Expert group meeting
Theme: Statistics, indicators and data
Keywords: Valuation, Women's labor-force, Housework
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
Type of Product: Report
Disponibility: Printed
LinkToFile: PDF FILE