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-T-STA-AFR
Reference: Regional Workshop Methods of Collecting and Analyzing Statistics on Women in the Informal Sector and their Contribution to National Product. (1990). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1990
Description: This report summarizes the deliberations of the workshop organized by INSTRAW in collaboration with US Statistical Office, Economic Commission for Africa in Siavonga, Zambia. It focuses on the women's role in the informal sector production and management. Six of the the report's nine sections correspond to the main chapters of the Institute's Handbook on Methods of Compilling and Analysing Statistics on Women in In the Informal Sector, in Industry, Trade and Services.
Instraw's Mandate: Training
Theme: Statistics, indicators and data
Keywords: Informal sector, Production , Management
Geographic Area: Africa
Languages: English
Type of Product: Report
Disponibility: Printed
LinkToFile: PDF FILE