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: 1986-R-TRA-GLO
Reference: Research and the Teaching of Womens Issued Worlwide: A Working Paper. (1986). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1986
Description: This publication offers an overview of the development of women's studies in different regions and countries of the world, the content of these programmes of study and the institutional contexts in which they are inserted. It attempts to define the concept of women in development and offers some guidelines for the teaching of this subject area.
Instraw's Mandate: Research
Theme: Training
Keywords: Research, Programmes, Development
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
Type of Product: Paper
Disponibility: Printed
LinkToFile: PDF FILE