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.

ID: 1993-T-WAT-GLO
Reference: Workshop on Training Modules for Women, Water Supply and Sanitation. (1993). New York, United States: United Nations Publications.
Year: 1993
Description: This report summarizes the debates of the training workshop held in Bangkok, Thailand from 21 to 25 September 1992 on Women, Water Supply and Sanitation. It attempts to strengthen and broaden the role of women, namely, their involvement in project reparation teams; the identification of implementing organizations for community participation and involvement of women; and the need to make budgetary provisions for these aspects in water supply and sanitation programmes.
Instraw's Mandate: Training
Theme: Water supply and sanitation
Keywords: Training, Economic empowerment, Water
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
Type of Product: Report
Disponibility: Printed
LinkToFile: PDF FILE