International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women
| United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women | |
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| Formation | 1979 |
| Legal status | Active |
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UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) |
| Website | www.un-instraw.org |
Since 1979, the United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (UN-INSTRAW; Spanish: Instituto Internacional de Investigación y Capacitación de las Naciones Unidas para la Promoción de la Mujer ; French: Institut International de Recherche et de Formation pour la Promotion de la Femme) has been the leading United Nations body of the research, knowledge management and capacity development of gender equality and women's empowerment. The Institute's participatory and innovative approaches to research have produced gender disaggregated data and research results that have served to better inform the design of training and capacity-building programmes and to strengthen stakeholder capacity to address and effectively integrate gender perspectives in all policies, programmes and projects. UN-INSTRAW works in partnership with governments, the United Nations System, civil society and academia.
The Institute is a subsidiary of the United Nations General Assembly.
It was established upon recommendation of the World Conference on the International Women's Year 1975 in Mexico through the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and started operations in 1979. Since 1983, its main offices have been located in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic. It focuses on the advancement of women through research and training and financed through contributions mostly given by governmental organizations or private donors.
Since its inception, UN-INSTRAW has emphasized the importance of articulating research, capacity-building and knowledge management in a continuous cycle of analysis, learning and action, so that participatory research results feed into knowledge management and the design of training and capacity-building programmes, as well as the formulation of policy. Through its applied research programmes, the Institute aims to make policies and programmes gender-responsive on the basis of concrete research results, the application of lessons learned, and the replication of best practices. This approach allows for flexibility in responding to both existing challenges and new and emerging issues.
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