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: 1993-I-ENV-GLO-FR
Reference: Women and the Environment. (1993). INSTRAW News No. 19, Double Issue.
Year: 1993
Description: This double issue of INSTRAW News draws on four case studies of environmental action, in four different countries: Bangladesh, Brazil, Burkina Faso and Tahiti. These studies aim to demonstrate the variety of womens involvement in the environmental movement and the need for more participatory forms of government at every level.
Instraw's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Development
Keywords: Sustainable development, Participation, Planning
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: French
Type of Product: INSTRAW News
Disponibility: Printed
LinkToFile: PDF FILE