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-TEC-GLO
Reference: Bryceson, D.F. (1985). Women and Technology in Developing Countries: Technological Change and Women's Capabilities and Bargaining Positions. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1985
Description: This publication examines how technology leads to economic and social change, including changes in the inter-relationship between the household, market and the State, and in the negotiating positions, responsibilities and capabilities of women and men. It reviews policies affecting women's relationship to production and reproduction technologies and future technological development. The study also analyses how women will face rapid technological changes.
Instraw's Mandate: Research
Theme: Technology
Keywords: Economic and social change, Economic Empowerment , Policy
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
Type of Product: Paper
Disponibility: Printed
LinkToFile: PDF FILE