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: 1998-I-AGE-GLO
Reference: Womens Life Cycle and Ageing. (1998). INSTRAW News, No. 29,60.
Year: 1998
Description: This issue of INSTRAW News examines the different aspects of discrimination faced by older women in particular, and women as the age in general. Discussed also are the new and emerging technological changes taking places worldwide may help to reverse some of the discriminatory factors faced by older women and allow them to continue active lives in a new information society. It then compares the trends that shape the lives of girls and adolescents as they grow up in different world regions.
Instraw's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Ageing
Keywords: Health, Gender inequalities , Technology
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
Type of Product: INSTRAW News
Disponibility: Printed
LinkToFile: PDF FILE