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: 1993-R-STA-GLO
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
Type of Product: Report
Disponibility: Printed
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