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: 1984-I-WAT-GLO
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
Type of Product: Booklet
Disponibility: Printed
LinkToFile: PDF FILE