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: 2008-R-MIG-GLO-CRO-SP
Reference: Pérez Orozco, A.,Paiewonsky, D. & García Domínguez, M. (2008). Crossing Borders II: Migration and Development from a gender perspective. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 2008
Description:

This study research creates, from a gender perspective, a positive synergy between migration and development. This publication is evidence of the need to consider and debate new paradigms in order to identify public policies and programmes which make gender equality central to development and which recognize women as leaders in diferent spheres of action.
Instraw's Mandate: Research
Theme: Migration
Keywords: Remittances, Development , Economy
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: Spanish
Type of Product: Report
Disponibility: Printed/Digital
LinkToFile: PDF FILE