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: 2007-R-MIG-GTM-SP
Reference: Gender, Remittances and Development: Encuesta sobre remesas en Guatemala 2007 con perspectiva de género. (2007). Santo Domingo, República Dominicana: INSTRAW.
Year: 2007
Description:

Esta publicación presenta los resultados procesados de un estudio que se llevó a cabo en Guatemala sobre remesas, género y desarrollo.  Este estudio explica la caracterización de los flujos migratorios y las remesas familiares y su impacto cuando las protagonistas son mujeres, comparado con los efectos cuando los protagonistas son hombres.
Instraw's Mandate: Research
Theme: Migration
Keywords: Remittances , Economic empowerment, Labour insertion
Geographic Area: Latin America and the Caribbean
Languages: Spanish
Type of Product: Report
Disponibility: Digital
LinkToFile: PDF FILE