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: 2010-I-MIG-GLO-GEN-SP
Reference: UN-INSTRAW. (11 March 2010). Gender-responsive policies necessary to make migration and development work for women. [Press release].
Year: 2010
Description: This press release of UNDP and INSTRAW presents six case studies from four continents. These case studies show that migrant women face different difficulties and make different gains. All of the studies show the need to overcome obstacles to gender equality to reach women's full empowerment and for the origin and destination countries to be able to link migration and development.
Instraw's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Migration
Keywords: Development, Remittances, Economic Empowerment
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
Type of Product: Press release
Disponibility: Digital/Text
LinkToFile: PDF FILE