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: 2005-R-HEA-GLO
Reference: Women and Health: New Challenges. Beijing at 10: Putting Policy into Practice. (2005). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 2005
Description: This document examines the link between women and health focusing on the Beijing Plattform for Action. The Plattform affirms that the greatest global threat to women's health is poverty. Poverty not only deprives women of the resources needed to pay for health insurance and services, including maternal health services, it also deprives them of access to nutrition, education, clean water and sanitation, transportation, and security. Specific research on the impact of gender inequality, diferential power relationships and persistent discrimination on women's health is essential, both for improving women's health and as concrete evidence to support the call for gender equality.
Instraw's Mandate: Research
Theme: Health
Keywords: Poverty , Beijing Platform for Action, Empowerment
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
Type of Product: Policy brief
Disponibility: Digital/Printed
LinkToFile: PDF FILE