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: 1995-R-STA-GLO-TIM
Reference: Time Use of Women and Men in Europe and North America 1995. (1995). Geneva, Switzerland: United Nations Publications.
Year: 1995
Description: This publication gives a statistical overview of women's and men's situation in society. The statistics cover several fields -population and households, health, paid and unpaid work, income, education, crime and decision-making. Statistics across various sectors are used to analyze women's and men's situation in relation to a specific problem including the underlying causes.
Instraw's Mandate: Research
Theme: Statistics, indicators and data
Keywords: Women's Situation , Men's Situation, Work
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
Type of Product: Report
Disponibility: Printed
LinkToFile: PDF FILE