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: 1995-I-ECO-GLO-SP
Reference: Novedades del INSTRAW: Medicion del Trabajo No Renumerado. (1995). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1995
Description: This flyer discusses the recommended framework and methodology for collecting and including new data on unpaid work in calculations of GDP and other economic indicators. It shows that the satellite household account (SNA) provides a promising conceptual framework for future data collection as well as the basis for correction of inaccuracies and distortions in the system of national accounting.
Instraw's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Economy
Keywords: Satellite Household Accounts, Statistics , Unpaid work
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: Spanish
Type of Product: Flyer
Disponibility: Printed
LinkToFile: PDF FILE