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: 1989-T-ECO-LAC
Reference: Joint INSTRAW/UNFPA Training Seminar on Women, Population and Development: Economic Contribution Women in Development. (1989). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1989
Description: This report summarizes the debate of the seminar which was the first organized in the sub-region of Central America and the Caribbean for national counterparts from May 22 -26, 1989 on the topic of women, population and development. The seminar presentations are described and this includes United Nations approaches to women in development and national experiences in population programmes and development policies.
Instraw's Mandate: Training
Theme: Economy
Keywords: Development, Policy, Labour
Geographic Area: Latin America and the Caribbean
Languages: English
Type of Product: Report
Disponibility: Printed
LinkToFile: PDF FILE