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: 1991-I-ECO-AFR-SP
Reference: African Women: Coping with Economic Crises. (1991). INSTRAW News, No. 16, 60.
Year: 1991
Description: This issue of INSTRAW News examines the situation of women in Africa focusing in the informal sector and United Nations projects. Recommendations made at INSTRAW workshops in Africa for revising various economic concepts and statistical methods are discussed, as are proposals for macroeconomic policy design aimed at making informal activities more productive.
Instraw's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Economy
Keywords: Informal sector, Statistics, Development
Geographic Area: Africa
Languages: Spanish
Type of Product: INSTRAW News
Disponibility: Printed
LinkToFile: PDF FILE