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: 1988-I-ENE-GLO-FR
Reference: New and Renewable Sources of Energy: An Option for Women A Challenge for the Future. (1988). INSTRAW News, No. 10, 40.
Year: 1988
Description: This issue of INSTRAW News examines many aspects of the energy problem in its relations to women. Starting with an analysis of women's role in the acquisition and use of energy, it goes on to an overview of INSTRAW's activities to enhance this role, in accordance with the Nairobi Forward-Looking Strategies.
Instraw's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Energy
Keywords: Planning, Development, Technology
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: French
Type of Product: INSTRAW News
Disponibility: Printed
LinkToFile: PDF FILE