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: 1999-R-UNI-GLO
Reference: Hilkka, P. (1994). Engendering the Global Agenda: A Success Story of Women and the United Nations. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1999
Description: This paper traces the roots of women's activism from the days of the League of nations when women's organizations supported intergovernmental cooperation for the prevention of wars and securing peace through the founding of the United Nations and the formulation of its Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Right, and the establishment of the Commission on the Status of Women, to their influence on and participation in the 1990's world conferences. It also examines the changing objectives of women's global agenda and documents the shift of emphasis from securing equality between women and men and advancing the rights of women prior to the UN Decade for Women to the recognition of equality, peace and development as prerequisites for women's equal participation in decision-making processes.
Instraw's Mandate: Research
Theme: United Nations
Keywords: Empowerment, Advancement of women, Human Rights
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
Type of Product: Paper
Disponibility: Printed
LinkToFile: PDF FILE