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: Cuarta Conferencia Mundial sobre la Mujer Plataforma de Accion: Objetivo Estrategico Mujer y Medio Ambiente. (1997). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1997
Description: This brochure is about the Fourth World Conference on Women. It is related to a series of concrete actions to be taken by governments, international organizations, the private sector, and non-governmental organizations to involve women actively in environment management. It also aims to integrate gender concerns and perspectives in policies and programmes for sustainable development and to strengthen or establish mechanisms to assess the impact of development and environmental polices on women.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Environment
Keywords: Sustainable development, Policy, Participation
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: Spanish
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Women and Human Settlements in Conflict Zones. (1997). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1997
Description:

This report summarizes the Second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) held in Istanbul, Turkey, in June of 1996. It includes research papers coming from different regions of the world that were part of the conference and are organized according to the following themes: changing patterns of conflict as we approach the 21st century, impact of conflict on women's habitat, strategies for securing an adequate habitat for women whose lives and habitat have been affected by conflict, and identification of research needs and priorities.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Expert group meeting
Theme: Peace and Security
Keywords: Habitat, Violence, Conflicts
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Agreements for Sustaining the Future Environment. (1997). Santo Domingo: INSTRAW.
Year: 1997
Description: This brochure summarizes the agreements for sustaining the future environment at the end of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development which took place in Rio de Janeiro from 3 to 14 June 1992.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Environment and Energy
Keywords: Empowerment , Sustainable development , Agreements
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
Spanish
French
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Earth Summit + 5 - Women's Vision. (1997). INSTRAW News, No. 26, 68.
Year: 1997
Description: This issue of INSTRAW News is related to women and environmental management. The aim of this document is to contribute to an integrated approach in the organization and management of environmental policies and programmes integrating women's needs and participation in the process of planning, management and evaluation of environmental programmes and projects.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Environment
Keywords: Management, Women and development, Evaluation
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Earth Summit + 5 - Women's Vision. (1997). INSTRAW News, No. 26, 68.
Year: 1997
Description: This issue of INSTRAW News is related to women and environmental management. The aim of this document is to contribute to an integrated approach in the organization and management of environmental policies and programmes integrating women's needs and participation in the process of planning, management and evaluation of environmental programmes and projects.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Environment
Keywords: Management, Women and development, Evaluation
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: French
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Earth Summit + 5 - Women's Vision. (1997). INSTRAW News, No. 26, 68.
Year: 1997
Description: This issue of INSTRAW News is related to women and environmental management. The aim of this document is to contribute to an integrated approach in the organization and management of environmental policies and programmes integrating women's needs and participation in the process of planning, management and evaluation of environmental programmes and projects.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Environment
Keywords: Management, Women and development, Evaluation
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: Spanish
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Fourth World Conference on Women Platform for Action: Strategic Objective Women and the Environment. (1997). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1997
Description: This brochure is about the Fourth World Conference on Women. It is related to a series of concrete actions to be taken by governments, international organizations, the private sector, and non-governmental organizations to involve women actively in environment management. It also aims to integrate gender concerns and perspectives in policies and programmes for sustainable development and to strengthen or establish mechanisms to assess the impact of development and environmental polices on women.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Environment
Keywords: Sustainable development, Policy, Participation
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Quatrieme Conference mondiale sur les femmes Programme d'action: Objectif strategique Les femmes et l'Environment. (1997). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1997
Description: This brochure is about the Fourth World Conference on Women. It is related to a series of concrete actions to be taken by governments, international organizations, the private sector, and non-governmental organizations to involve women actively in environment management. It also aims to integrate gender concerns and perspectives in policies and programmes for sustainable development and to strengthen or establish mechanisms to assess the impact of development and environmental polices on women.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Environment
Keywords: Sustainable development, Policy, Participation
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: French
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: INSTRAW Catalogue of Publications 1991-1997. (1997). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1997
Description: This document summarizes all publication prepared by the INSTRAW from its inception up to 1990. The catalogue is organized to coincide with the Institute's classification and numbering system which refers to ''Series'' as follows: Pre-workshop ressources; Instraw/SER.A; INSTRAW/SER.B etc.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: INSTRAW
Keywords: Planning, Women and development, Empowerment
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Training: a complementary factor to research making the Advancement of Women possible. (1997). INSTRAW News, No. 27, 48.
Year: 1997
Description: This issue of INSTRAW News analyzes training and capacity building, one of the two fundamental elements of its mandate received in 1975, when during the International Womens Year, the first global conference on women was held in Mexico in 1975. In addition, the International Womens Year, with a vision of the future, shaped the framework of the steps to be followed by the international community, by states and governments, by public and private institutions, by society, in general, and women in particular.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Training
Keywords: Capacity building, International Women's Year, Human resources development
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE