The UN International Research
and Training Institute for the Advancement
of Women (UN-INSTRAW) works
to improve the lives of women throughout
the world by ensuring that their rights,
needs, views, and priorities are integral
components in decision-making and development.
Your contribution to the UN Foundation’s
Fund for UN-INSTRAW will support our
efforts to make women a priority at
an international level.
UN-INSTRAW relies entirely on voluntary
financial contributions. Our funding
comes from contributions by governments,
foundations, corporations, organizations,
and individuals like you.
About UN-INSTRAW
UN-INSTRAW is the leading UN Institute
devoted to research, training and knowledge
management to achieve gender equality
and women’s empowerment. Through
alliance building with governments around
the world, the UN System, academia,
civil society, the private sector and
other actors, INSTRAW conducts action-oriented
research; creates synergies for knowledge
management; and builds capacity in organizations
working towards gender equality.
UN-INSTRAW works to promote women’s
security, development and participation
through three programmes:
- Human Security
Ending violence against women –
in the home, at work, in the street;
Contributing to the full implementation
of Security Council Resolution 1325
on Women, Peace and Security, among
others.
- Development
Migration, gender and remittances –
Looking at the impact of migration on
national and community development,
women’s human and economic rights,
and the formation of transnational families.
- Human Rights
Strengthening women’s role in
politics and decision-making;
Making equality central to good governance;
Advisory services to promote women’s
participation and gender mainstreaming.
Contributions to the UN Foundation’s
Fund for UN-INSTRAW can be directed
to the overall mission of UN-INSTRAW.
