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: Rodríguez, A., De León, J. & Ávila, L. (2010). Análisis del sistema electoral guatemalteco con perspectiva de género. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 2010
Description:

Esta investigación analiza las repercusiones del sistema electoral guatemalteco en la representación política de las mujeres, con el objetivo de que tanto las conclusiones como las recomendaciones contribuyan a abrir espacios de debate en torno a la temática electoral con perspectiva de género y que permitan influir en las futuras reformas electorales del país.

INSTRAW's Mandate: Research
Theme: Leadership and political participation
Keywords: Elections , Democracy , Electoral systems
Geographic Area: Latin America and the Caribbean
Languages: Spanish
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Vullnetari, J. & King, R. (2010). Executive Summary: Migration, Remittances and Gender-Responsive Local Development: The Case of Albania. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 2010
Description: This summary presents the case study research that examines the gender dimensions of migration and remittances in the context of Albania and the destination country of Greece. Migrant women and men are already bearing the heavy burden of substituting fragmented and inadequate social and labour policies and systems in origin areas like rural Albania through financing the survival, health and education of their families. It is the responsibility of governments to provide adequate structures wherein further investment can lead to growth and improvement of freedoms and capabilities.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Research
Theme: Migration
Keywords: Remittances , Economic Empowerment , Local development
Geographic Area: Europe
Languages: English
Spanish
Albanian
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Vullnetari, J. & King, R. (2010). Migration, Remittances and Gender-Responsive Local Development: The Case of Albania. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 2010
Description: This case study research examines the gender dimensions of migration and remittances in the context of Albania and the destination country of Greece. This report reflects two research components. First, a critical review of relevant literature on Albanian migration, remittances, development, gender and a discussion of the key policies and practices of national and international development actors form the background to this report. Second, empirical data collected through a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods constitutes the heart of the analysis.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Research
Theme: Migration
Keywords: Remittances , Globalization , Transnational perspective
Geographic Area: Europe
Languages: English
Albanian
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Vullnetari, J. & King, R. (2010). Migration, Remittances and Gender-Responsive Local Development: The Case of Albania. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 2010
Description: This case study research examines the gender dimensions of migration and remittances in the context of Albania and the destination country of Greece. This report reflects two research components. First, a critical review of relevant literature on Albanian migration, remittances, development, gender and a discussion of the key policies and practices of national and international development actors form the background to this report. Second, empirical data collected through a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods constitutes the heart of the analysis.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Research
Theme: Migration
Keywords: Remittances , Globalization , Transnational perspective
Geographic Area: Europe
Languages: English
Albanian
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Vargas, T. (2010). Executive Summary: Migration, Remittances and Gender-Responsive Local Development: The Case of Dominican Republic. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 2010
Description: This executive summary presents the case study that examines the gender dimensions of migration and remittances in the context of the Dominican Republic and the destination country of the United States focusing in the gender perspective.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Research
Theme: Migration
Keywords: Remittances , Economic Empowerment , Local development
Geographic Area: Latin America and the Caribbean
Languages: English
Spanish
French
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Vargas, T. (2010). Migración, remesas y desarrollo local sensible al género: El caso de República Dominicana. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 2010
Description:

Esta publicación es un estudio de caso realizado  en un municipio de San José de las Matas mediante el cual INSTRAW y PNUD analizan el impacto de las remesas monetarias, sociales y en especie en la dimensión de género de los procesos de desarrollo en los países de origen y entre los hogares transnacionales diseminados entre países de origen y destino. Esta investigación examina estas dinámicas en el contexto de la Republica Dominicana como origen y Estados Unidos como destino migratorio.

INSTRAW's Mandate: Research
Theme: Migration
Keywords: Remittances, International cooperation , Empowerment
Geographic Area: Latin America and the Caribbean
Languages: Spanish
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: López Castañeda, D. (2010). República Dominicana: Derechos Humanos de las trabajadoras migratorias. Mapeo piloto LAC sobre la Recomendación General 26 de la CEDAW. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 2010
Description:

Este documento analiza la situación de los derechos humanos a la luz de la Recomendación general  26 (RG26)  de las trabajadoras migrantes, en la que se reconoce la creciente feminización de las migraciones, se identifican las categorías de trabajadoras migrantes y se insta a los Estados a desarrollar leyes y políticas para proteger sus derechos como mujeres, como trabajadoras y como migrantes.

INSTRAW's Mandate: Research
Theme: Migration
Keywords: Employement, Rights, Migration
Geographic Area: Latin America and the Caribbean
Languages: Spanish
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: López Castañeda, D. (2010). Ecuador: Derechos Humanos de las trabajadoras migratorias. Mapeo piloto LAC sobre la Recomendación General 26 de la CEDAW. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 2010
Description:

Este documento trata sobre la aplicación de las recomendaciones plasmadas en el documento ‘’Recomendación General 26 sobre los derechos de las mujeres migrantes (RG26)". A la luz de esta recomendación, UNIFEM junto con UN-INSTRAW, han llevado a cabo un ejercicio piloto de mapeo de iniciativas estatales encaminadas a proteger los derechos de las mujeres trabajadoras migrantes de y en Ecuador, considerando el importante rol del país como origen y destino migratorio, y la amalgama de temáticas migratorias y políticas de género que pueden analizarse bajo un enfoque de derechos.

INSTRAW's Mandate: Research
Theme: Migration
Keywords: Empowerment, Migration, Policy gender
Geographic Area: Latin America and the Caribbean
Languages: Spanish
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Executive Summaries: Migration, Remittances and Gender-Responsive Local Development: Case Studies: Albania, the Dominican Republic, Lesotho, Morocco, the Philippines and Senegal. (2010). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 2010
Description: This publication focuses on the sending, transfer, receipt and utilization of remittances in countries such as Albania, Dominican Republic, Lesotho, Morocco, the Philippines and Senegal , and affirms that gender influences shape the movement and experiences of migrants and their communities in both origin and destination countries. The mapping of key actors and the discussion of historical and current migratory patterns and remittance practices in each country provided a useful background that allowed for an analysis of collective and social remittances. With this publication, UN-INSTRAW and UNDP are committed to producing applied research that promotes the facilitation of gender-responsive policies and practices related to migration and development.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Research
Theme: Migration
Keywords: Remittances, Development , Local development
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE

Reference: Orozco, A. (2010). Global Care Chains: Toward a Rights-Based Global Care Regime? Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 2010
Description: This research study examines the long-standing connection between care, social inequality and exclusion from citizenship. This document focuses in bringing to the public debate to show the importance of including caregiving in discussions around development; to argue that caregiving is related to globalization and migration; and raise new elements of reflection for those already working in the area of the social organization of care, such as the issue of development from a transnational perspective.
INSTRAW's Mandate: Research
Theme: Migration
Keywords: Global care chains , Development, Transnational perspective
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
LinkToFile: PDF FILE