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: 2010-I-MIG-SEN-NOW-EN
Reference: "Now this is what we are all seeking, to have our own house with our children". (2010). Human Stories: Senegal. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 2010
Description: This report tells the story of Kadia who joined her husband in 1970 in Belfast, northeastern France, an area deemed as dangerous. She talked about a situation with her husband when she visited Senegal and left their three children and only brought her 2-year-old-child.
Instraw's Mandate: Information dissemination
Theme: Migration
Keywords: Remittances, Investment, Development
Geographic Area: Africa
Languages: English
Type of Product: Human story
Disponibility: Digital/Text
LinkToFile: PDF FILE