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: 1988-R-STA-GLO-COM
Reference: Compiling Social Indicators on the Situation of Women. (1988). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1988
Description: The study reviews concepts and data sources of indicators on the social and economic situation of women, drawing extensively from various work on socio-economics statistics and indicators from within the United Nations system. It aims to provide concrete guidance to producers and users of statistics on women with illustrations and examples of the selection, specification and use of indicators in several areas of particular concern to women.
Instraw's Mandate: Research
Theme: Statistics, indicators and data
Keywords: Social situation, Economic situation, Users and producers
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
Spanish
Type of Product: Report
Disponibility: Printed
LinkToFile: PDF FILE