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-R-MIG-LSO-EXE
Reference: Crush, J., Dodson, B., Gay, J., & Leduka, C. (2010). Executive Summary: Migration, Remittances and Gender-Responsive Local Development: The Case of Lesotho. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 2010
Description: The executive summary presents the case study research in the context of Lesotho and the destination country of South Africa focusing on various obstacles preventing the impact of remitances.In this context changes are required in Lesotho if womens migration and remittance contributions are to be optimized in terms of their development potential.
Instraw's Mandate: Research
Theme: Migration
Keywords: Remittances , Local Development, Empowerment
Geographic Area: Africa
Languages: Basoto
English
French
Spanish
Type of Product: Executive summary
Disponibility: Digital/Text
LinkToFile: PDF FILE