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Commitment to Reducing Inequality Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/07/24/commitment-to-reducing-inequality-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 24, 2017 New From Oxfam and Development Finance Index, a measure of how committed governments actually are to reducing inequality.
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Statelessness Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/04/17/statelessness-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 17, 2018 In March a new tool, the Statelessness Index , to compare national EU government policies towards stateless persons was launched by the European Network on Statelessness It makes...
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ACLED-Religion
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/03/17/acled-religion/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 17, 2021 ACLED-Religion A new project collecting data on religious repression, disorder and violence. Coverage begins at the end of January 2021.
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Freedom to Marry, Oral History Collection
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/26/freedom-to-marry-oral-history-collection/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 26, 2017 Free access to this important collection from the University of California Berkeley The Bancroft Library’s Oral History Center .
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New interactive guide to humanitarian financing
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/02/01/new-interactive-guide-to-humanitarian-financing/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 1, 2013 http://www.globalhumanitarianassistance.org/data-guides/humanitarian-aid-network Based on the Global Humanitarian Assistance reports http://www.globalhumanitarianassistance.
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Mexico Turns to Social Media for Information and Survival
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/09/30/mexico-turns-to-social-media-for-information-and-survival/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 30, 2011 Mexicans are using social media sites such as twitter and face book to exchange information about violence, areas to avoid. Key examples are Wikinarco – https://www.wikinarco.
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2012twit
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/01/13/2012twit/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 13, 2012 http://2012twit.com/ A project which aims to provide real time coverage of the USA 2012 elections from Twitter. It looks at trending topics and recent tweets.
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Where is the best place to be a mother?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/08/where-is-the-best-place-to-be-a-mother/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 8, 2015 Find out by consulting the ranking in the latest annual report from Save the Children. It considers inequality between M others and infants in urban areas around the world.
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The World Wide Web is 30 years old
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/18/the-world-wide-web-is-30-years-old/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 18, 2019 On March 12, 1989, British computer scientist Sir Tim Berners-Lee submitted his proposal for what would become the World Wide Web to his boss at the European Organization for...
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Are 15-year-olds prepared to deal with fake news and misinformation?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/05/17/are-15-year-olds-prepared-to-deal-with-fake-news-and-misinformation/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 17, 2021 A report launched by the OECD this week Data based on the cross-national PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) surveys.