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: 2009-I-MIG-GLO-MIG-EN
Reference: UN-INSTRAW. (29 January 2009). Migración y desarrollo con perspectiva de género. [Press release].
Year: 2009
Description:

This press release organized by INSTRAW in Madrid, Spain on 29 January 2009 launched their new theoretical framework, Crossing Borders II: Migration an Development from a gender perspective focusing on a human development framework and with a human rights approach that places gender equality at its centre. The new document deconstructs the paradigm of remittances for development from a gender perspective and explores emerging themes in the relationship between gender, migration and development.
Instraw's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Migration
Keywords: Remittances, Theoretical framework, Empowerment
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
Type of Product: Press release
Disponibility: Digital/Text
LinkToFile: PDF FILE