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: Discusión virtual “Cadenas Globales de Cuidados”. (2009). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 2009
Description:

This document summarizes the virtual discussions hosted between 7-18 of September 2009 about global care chains: assessing the situation and policy challenges in order to examine the relationship between migration and development.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Training
Theme: Migration
Keywords: Global care chains, Development, Remittances
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: Spanish
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Reintegrating Female Ex-Combatant: good practices and lessons learned in the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of women and girls: Week One Summary on Specific Needs and Roles. (2010). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 2010
Description:

This document summarizes the virtual discussion on "Gender and Disarmament, Demobilization & Reintegration" focusing the debate on two specific themes during the first week: the needs of women and girls that in reintegration processes and the different roles women and girls assume during armed conflict and its aftermath.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Expert group meeting
Theme: Peace and Security
Keywords: Reintegration , Demobilization , Conflict
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Reintegrating Female Ex-Combatant: good practices and lessons learned in the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of women and girls: Week Two Summary on Good Practices and Lessons Learned. (2010). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 2010
Description: This document summarizes the recommendations presented by the participants during the third week related to the virtual discussion on gender and disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of women and girls female excombatants.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Expert group meeting
Theme: Peace and Security
Keywords: Demobilization , Desarmament, Empowerment
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Reintegrating Female Ex-Combatant: good practices and lessons learned in the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of women and girls: Week Three Summary on Measuring Impacts and Recommendations. (2010). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 2010
Description: This document summarizes the good practices and lessons learned during the second week virtual discussion in the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of women and girls.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Expert group meeting
Theme: Peace and Security
Keywords: Reintegration , Disarmament, Demobilization
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Human Stories. Sénégal. "Los emigrados deben despertarse y recordarse de sus orígenes.". INSTRAW. 2010. 1 p. (F,S)
Year: 2010
Description:

Esta historia de vida resume la experiencia de Kadia, inmigrante senegalesa en Francia. Fue elaborada a partir de las entrevistas realizadas en el marco del estudio titulado intitulée "Migration, transferts d'argent et developpement local sensible au genre: le cas du Sénégal" (Migración, remesas y desarrollo local sensible al género: el caso de Senegal) (Fatou Sarr, 2010).
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Migration
Keywords: Empowerment , Discrimination , Remittances
Geographic Area: Africa
Languages: Spanish
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Human Stories. Sénégal. "Les émigrés doivent se réveiller et se rappeler de leurs origines". INSTRAW. 2010. 1 p. (F,S)
Year: 2010
Description:

Cette histoire de vie résume l’expérience de Kadia, immigrante sénégalaise en France. Elle est extraite des entretiens réalisés dans le cadre de l'étude cas intitulée "Migration, transferts d'argent et developpement local sensible au genre: le cas du Sénégal" (Fatou Sarr, 2010).
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Migration
Keywords: Empowerment , Discrimination , Remittances
Geographic Area: Africa
Languages: French
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: UN-INSTRAW. (2010). Albanian Migration to Greece. [Fact Sheet].
Year: 2010
Description: This document summarizes the migration in fact and figures from Albania to Greece focusing in the implication of migration to women.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Migration
Keywords: Remittances, Women and Development, Empowerment
Geographic Area: Europe
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: "I don't have time to do everything on the land". (2010). Human Stories: Albania. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 2010
Description: This report summarizes the experience of Dorina who had migrated from Albania to Greece together with her husband.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Migration
Keywords: Remittances, Development, Empowerment
Geographic Area: Europe
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: No tengo tiempo para hacerlo todo en el terreno". (2010). Human Stories: Albania. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 2010
Description: This report summarizes the experience of Dorina who had migrated from Albania to Greece together with her husband.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Migration
Keywords: Remittances, Development, Empowerment
Geographic Area: Europe
Languages: Spanish
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: "We would like to return, but I think we can help my family more from Greece". (2010). Human Stories: Albania. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 2010
Description: This document summarizes the story from an Albanian couple called Elvira and her husband Arsim who migrated to Greece for a long time.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Migration
Keywords: Empowerment , International cooperation , Remittances
Geographic Area: Europe
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE