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: 1996-E-ENV-GLO
Reference: INSTRAW Presence at Habitat II. (1996). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1996
Description: This document compiles papers circulated by INSTRAW in the Conference organized in Istanbul, Turkey from 3 to 14 June, 1996. It focuses on global and national awareness on the positive roles of cities and towns as centers of major social, cultural and economic activities to stimulate partnerships for more effective resource mobilization and investment and to improve the environment in which people live through new and more effective investments in shelter and urban development.
Instraw's Mandate: Expert group meeting
Theme: Environment
Keywords: Urban development, Economic Empowerment, Habitat
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
Type of Product: Paper
Disponibility: Printed
LinkToFile: PDF FILE