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-AGE-GLO
Reference: Ageing in a Gendered World: Womens Issues and Identities. (1999). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1999
Description: This research study examines the social policy and identity issues raised by population ageing. It shows the way in which similar issues play out in different regions and different cultures, whether Japan or Canada, Peru or Turkey, the United States or countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The study identifies gaps in data and the kinds of information needed to address the issue of elderly women in the era of globalization as well as urbanization, including long-term changes in the labour market as well as continuing changes in family and household structures and patterns of care-giving.
Instraw's Mandate: Research
Theme: Ageing
Keywords: Social policy, Population, Care-giving
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
Type of Product: Report
Disponibility: Printed
LinkToFile: PDF FILE