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: 2010-R-MIG-DOM-MIG-SP
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
Type of Product: Case study
Disponibility: Digital/Text
LinkToFile: PDF FILE