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: Seminario sobre la mujer, el agua potable y el saneamiento ambiental (IDWSSD), INSTRAW; Cairo. (1984). INSTRAW News, Vol. I, No.2, 19.
Year: 1984
Description:

Este número de INSTRAW News resume el seminario que tuvo lugar en la ciudad de Cairo, Egypto sobre la mujer, el agua potable y el saneamiento ambiental. Esta revista tambien habla del papel de las mujeres en las relaciones económicas internacionales, la donación de la OPEC en el desarrollo agrícola y el nuevo folleto del INSTRAW.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Water supply and sanitation
Keywords: Environment , Rural women, Environment
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: Spanish
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Women and Energy in the Implementation of the Nairobi Programme of Action. (1984). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1984
Description: This essay outlines INSTRAW' s activities in implementing the Nairobi Plan of Action (NPA) and the role of women in development and use of new and renewal sources of energy (NRSE), as vital to the successful transition to greater reliance on alternative sources of energy.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Research
Theme: Environment and Energy
Keywords: United Nations, Development, Policy
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Improving Statistics and Indicators on the Situation of Women. (1984). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1984
Description: This paper discusses the approaches to data collection being used so that statistics can be meaningfully interpreted. It outlines the complementary roles of censuses, sample surveys and registration systems which can be used to build a reliable picture of women's need and participation in development.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Research
Theme: Statistics, indicators and data
Keywords: Economic empowerment, Development, Policy
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
French
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Workshop Aimed at Designing a Curriculum for Training Managers and Entrepreneurs in Industry. (1984). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: UNIDO and INSTRAW.
Year: 1984
Description: This document summarizes the workshop held in Viena, Austria from 3-7 October 1984 based on the results of studies undertaken and the responses to a questionnaire sent to women entrepreneurs. The workshop was organized with the objective of bringing into the focus specific needs of a curricula appropriate for women with entrepreneurial, technical and managerial functions.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Training
Theme: Leadership and political participation
Keywords: Management, Industry, Entrepreneurship
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
Spanish
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Training activities: Policy Outline. (1985). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1984
Description: This publication describes INSTRAW's policy on training, presenting in detail the objectives, types of training available, ways of programming, future development and methods of implementing the Institute's training activities.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Training
Theme: Training
Keywords: Strategy, Methods, Programming
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Training activities: Policy Outline. (1985). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1984
Description: This publication describes INSTRAW's policy on training, presenting in detail the objectives, types of training available, ways of programming, future development and methods of implementing the Institute's training activities.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Training
Theme: Training
Keywords: Strategy, Methods, Programming
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: French
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Rapport de la réunion du groupe d'experts sur le role des femmes dans les sources d'énergie nouvelles et renouvelables
Year: 1985
Description:

Ce rapport compile les débats de la réunion du groupe d'experts sur le role de la femme dans les sources d'énergie nouvelles et renouvelables qui a été organisée comme une activité complémentaire à la Conférence des Nations Unies sur les sources d'énergie nouvelles et renouvelables célébrée à Nairobi en 1981.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Expert group meeting
Theme: Environment and Energy
Keywords: Technical Co-operation among Developing countries (TCDC), Sources of energy, Economy
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: French
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Informe de la Reunión del Grupo de Expertos sobre el Papel de la Mujer en la Esfera de las Fuentes de Energía Nuevas y Renovables. (1985). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1985
Description:

Este informe recopila los debates de la Reunión del Grupo de Expertos sobre el papel de la mujer en la esfera de las fuentes de energía nuevas y renovables que se organizó como actividad complementaria a la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre Fuentes de Energía Nuevas Renovables, celebrada en Nairobi en 1981.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Expert group meeting
Theme: Environment and Energy
Keywords: Technical Co-operation among Developing countries (TCDC), Sources of energy, Economy
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: Spanish
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Nairobi Conference. (1985). INSTRAW News Vol.II No.1?2
Year: 1985
Description: This issue of INSTRAW News summarizes the Conference on Women held in Nairobi, Kenya from 1 to 2 june 1985 in which the United Nations aimed to evaluate the progress made during the UN decade for women and to devise a new course of action for the advancement of women. REVISTA EXTRAVIADA
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Development
Keywords: Advancement of women, UN decade,
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Programme Activities of INSTRAW 1984-1985. (1985). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1985
Description: This booklet decribes INSTRAW's activities, presenting in detail the programme and types or training available during the year 1984-1985.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: INSTRAW
Keywords: Programme, Development, Training
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE