Located in the developing country, the Dominican Republic; the United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (UN-INSTRAW), created by the United Nations in 1976 on the recommendation of the First World Conference of Women. INSTRAW is an intergovernmental organization (IGO) whose mission is: "dedicated to research, training and knowledge management in collaboration with governments, the United Nations system, civil society and academia to achieve equality gender and women's empowerment". Action-oriented research from a gender perspective that has a concrete impact on policies, programs and projects. Research conducted by INSTRAW includes tracking women's migration, studying the role of women in government, and examining gender dimensions, such as the availability of water, food, credit, health, education, and employment. Additionally, INSTRAW examines women's safety against violence. Through research, INSTRAW strengthens the capacities of key stakeholders to integrate gender perspectives into policies, programs and projects. INSTRAW collaborates with government organizations, such as the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Official Development Assistance of Japan. Together, these organizations help create policies and programs to stop violence against women in South Africa. Some things INSTRAW can do is create education and training programs for the people and government of South Africa. South Africa can help INSTRAW by allowing programs to be heard by the people of government.Issue: Violence against women in South AfricaViolence against women in Africa comes in several forms, the most common being: rape, "honor killing" ... . half of the document ......x?p=240&np=300&id=2063 (accessed 14 May 2010). Ratification of the Rome Statute. http://www.iccnow.org/?mod=romeratification (accessed May 19, 2010).SARPN. The problem of violence against women in South Africa. http://www.sarpn.org.za/documents/d0001222/Gender-based_violence_problems.pdf (accessed 17 May 2010). The 1994 Violence Against Women Act. http://womhist.alexanderstreet.com/vawa/intro.htm (accessed May 18, 2010). UNECA. UNECA overview. www.uneca.org (accessed 13 May 2010).UNGIS. UNCEA: United Nations Economic Commission for Africa". http://www.ungis.org/Default.aspx?tabid=202 (accessed 13 May 2010). Vogelman, Lloyd and Gilliam Eagle. Overcoming Violence Against women. http://www.csvr.org.za/wits/papers/paplvge.htm (accessed 19 May 2010).What is Domestic Violence http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/domviol/what.htm (visited on May 19th 2010). 12, 2010).