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: 1994-T-STA-GMB
Reference: National Training Workshop on the Compilation of Statistics on Women in the Informal Sector in Gambia. (1994). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1994
Description: This report summarizes the National Training Workshop held in Gambia from 8 to 16 May 1991. It examines the factors that contribute to the country's underdevelopment and the biased approaches to women, including the traditional and cultural practices responsible for a wide discrepancy in data collection. An approach was needed that recognized women's input and participation in economic development, and for that purpose it was important to review the strengths and weaknesses or limitations of national-level data as a tool for planning, monitor changes in the status of women and facilitate their full participation in national development.
Instraw's Mandate: Training
Theme: Statistics, indicators and data
Keywords: Informal Sector, Traditional Practices, Cultural Practices
Geographic Area: Africa
Languages: English
Type of Product: Report
Disponibility: Printed
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