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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Reference: Final Report of Interregional Seminar on Women and the International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade: Cairo, 12-16 March 1984. (1984). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1984
Description: This report summarizes the proceedings of the Interrefional Seminar on Women and the International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade organized and convened by the UN INSTRAW and hosted by the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt, in Cairo, Egypt from 12-16 March 1984. The objective of the seminar was to identify the problems encountered in various areas related to drinking water supply and sanitation, particularly in the socio-economic, health and sanitation, and science and technology areas.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Expert group meeting
Theme: Water supply and sanitation
Keywords: Science, Cooperation , Technology
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: The Integration of Women into Development Planning: Interregional Seminar Held in Santo Domingo, 5-11 December, 1983. (1984). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1984
Description: This publication on the integration of women in development planning summarizes the debates and the recommendations proposed during the seminar held in Santo Domingo from 5 to 11 December, 1983. It presents an introduction of trends in the development debate and INSTRAW's role therein. These include issues of growth and equity, the demographic aspect of development and the importance of human resources and popular participation in development.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Development
Keywords: Policy , Cooperation , Economic Empowerment
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Logo Competition: An Official Emblem for INSTRAW. (1984). INSTRAW News ,Vol.I, No.3, 20.
Year: 1984
Description: This issue of INSTRAW News summarizes the initiative of INSTRAW to adopt a new emblem. Further it features the different events undertaken by INSTRAW in order to empower women in various countries in the world. It contains articles on innovative training methods, women and water related activities, women in industrial development, women in the Third World, and women in agriculture.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: INSTRAW
Keywords: Emblem , Planning, Training
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Logo Competition: An Official Emblem for INSTRAW. (1984). INSTRAW News ,Vol.I, No.3, 20.
Year: 1984
Description: This issue of INSTRAW News summarizes the initiative of INSTRAW to adopt a new emblem. Further it features the different events undertaken by INSTRAW in order to empower women in various countries in the world. It contains articles on innovative training methods, women and water related activities, women in industrial development, women in the Third World, and women in agriculture.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: INSTRAW
Keywords: Emblem , Planning, Training
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: French
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: République Dominicaine, Siège d'INSTRAW. (1984). INSTRAW News ,Vol.I, No.1, 20.
Year: 1984
Description:

Ce numéro d'INSTRAW Nouvelles est le premier de la série. Il parle de constitution et inauguration de l'INSTRAW en République Dominicaine, de son prgramme d'activités pour 184-85 et de certains thèmes comme la participation des femmes à la planification du développement, les femmes, la science et les techniques, le développement rural et l'eau.

INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: INSTRAW
Keywords: , ,
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: République Dominicaine, Siège d'INSTRAW. (1984). INSTRAW News ,Vol.I, No.1, 20.
Year: 1984
Description:

Ce numéro d'INSTRAW Nouvelles est le premier de la série. Il parle de constitution et inauguration de l'INSTRAW en République Dominicaine, de son prgramme d'activités pour 184-85 et de certains thèmes comme la participation des femmes à la planification du développement, les femmes, la science et les techniques, le développement rural et l'eau.

INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: INSTRAW
Keywords: , ,
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: French
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Logo Competition: An Official Emblem for INSTRAW. (1984). INSTRAW News ,Vol.I, No.3, 20.
Year: 1984
Description: This issue of INSTRAW News summarizes the initiative of INSTRAW to adopt a new emblem. Further it features the different events undertaken by INSTRAW in order to empower women in various countries in the world. It contains articles on innovative training methods, women and water related activities, women in industrial development, women in the Third World, and women in agriculture.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: INSTRAW
Keywords: Emblem , Planning, Training
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: Spanish
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Women and Water Supply and Sanitation. (1984). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1984
Description: This booklet outlines the critical issue of water supply; the legislative mandate of the United Nations International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decades (IDWSSD); the establishment of the Steering Commitee for Co-Operative Action of the IDWSSD, INSTRAW'S role in implementing the objectives of the Decade; and the activities of donor agencies and women's organizations.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Water supply and sanitation
Keywords: Environment , Development , Policy
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Seminario sobre la mujer, el agua potable y el saneamiento ambiental (IDWSSD), INSTRAW; Cairo. (1984). INSTRAW News, Vol. I, No.2, 19.
Year: 1984
Description:

Este número de INSTRAW News resume el seminario que tuvo lugar en la ciudad de Cairo, Egypto sobre la mujer, el agua potable y el saneamiento ambiental. Esta revista tambien habla del papel de las mujeres en las relaciones económicas internacionales, la donación de la OPEC en el desarrollo agrícola y el nuevo folleto del INSTRAW.

INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Water supply and sanitation
Keywords: Environment , Rural women, Environment
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Seminario sobre la mujer, el agua potable y el saneamiento ambiental (IDWSSD), INSTRAW; Cairo. (1984). INSTRAW News, Vol. I, No.2, 19.
Year: 1984
Description:

Este número de INSTRAW News resume el seminario que tuvo lugar en la ciudad de Cairo, Egypto sobre la mujer, el agua potable y el saneamiento ambiental. Esta revista tambien habla del papel de las mujeres en las relaciones económicas internacionales, la donación de la OPEC en el desarrollo agrícola y el nuevo folleto del INSTRAW.

INSTRAW's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Water supply and sanitation
Keywords: Environment , Rural women, Environment
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: French
LinkToFile: PDF FILE