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: 1985-R-ECO-GLO-WOM-EN
Reference: Women and International Development Cooperation: Trade and Investment. (1985). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1985
Description: This document examines the trends responsible for the downturn in the global economy in the seventies and their impact on women in developing countries, focusing on the agricultural and industrial development in the developing world; the role of transnational cooperation; and the role of industrialized countries policy and the women's contributions to development in various economic sector.
Instraw's Mandate: Research
Theme: Economy
Keywords: International economic relations , Trade, Investment
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
Type of Product: Paper
Disponibility: Printed
LinkToFile: PDF FILE