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INSTRAW - United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women
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United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women, INSTRAW, was established in 1976 as a response to a request by the World Conference for the International Women's Year in Mexico City. It was an autonomous body within the UN with the objective to stimulate and assist in the advancement of women in the development process through research, training and the collection of data.
Its outreaching efforts included close cooperation with regional and local organizations, and the utilization of new information and communication technologies in raising awareness of women's human rights and empowerment.
Through the internet-based information system GAINS - the Gender Awareness Information and Networking System - INSTRAW conducted research on gender equality, disemeninates knowledge for the empowerment of women and produces
training material and programs.
INSTRAW was headquartered in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic.
N.B! From 2011 INSTRAW has been and incorporated into the newly established UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women - UN Women.
Documentation
The INSTRAW official web site provides information about INSTRAW and its activities, research projects and training programs. It includes documents, reports and training material online.
A summary of the work of the United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women for a given year with references to essential documents can be accessed through the Yearbook of the United Nations, Part Three, Economic and Social Questions, Women. A complete collection of yearbooks and is held by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Uppsala, and the Libraries at UN Headquarters in New York and Geneva. Since October 2008 the complete full text collection of The United Nations Yearbooks is available online at http://unyearbook.un.org/.
Databases and Indexes
References to INSTRAW documents and reports from 1979-2010 with links to full texts for recent years can be accessed through the United Nations online catalogue - UNBISnet.