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Female Genital Mutilation
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/02/08/female-genital-mutilation/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 8, 2019 International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation was 6th February Key resources for researching related topics include: A report published by the UN in July 2018 the...
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Images of Woman – Visual Communication in Advertising
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/18/images-of-woman-visual-communication-in-advertising/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 18, 2019 A really great site for students created by Trevor Millum who studied History at Birmingham University before completing a PhD at the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies...
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How can you measure happiness?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/20/how-can-you-measure-happiness/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 20, 2019 The OECD has discussed methodology (in terms of OECD nations) in a number of its reports.
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A new Regional Gender Equality Monitor
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/29/a-new-regional-gender-equality-monitor/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 29, 2019 A new index which focuses specifically on female disadvantage and achievement at a regional level within the European Union.
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Poverty in the UK
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/08/02/poverty-in-the-uk-2/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 2, 2019 4.5 million people are more than 50% below the poverty line, and 7 million people are living in persistent poverty in the UK.
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METOO digital Project Schlesinger Library
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/09/11/metoo-digital-project-schlesinger-library/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 11, 2020 Major archival project from the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America which is based at Harvard University.
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Eurobarometer site upgrade
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/13/eurobarometer-site-upgrade/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 13, 2015 European Commission has recently revamped the Eurobarometer website.
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European Encyclopaedia on National Education Systems
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/08/21/european-encyclopaedia-on-national-education-systems/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 21, 2013 EURYPEDIA Useful new tool which has encyclopaedia style entries on the education systems of over 30 nations in Europe.
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Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/01/24/economic-and-social-commission-for-asia-and-the-pacific/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 24, 2014 ESCAP digital publications Free access to its flagship publication Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific starting with the first edition published in 1948 and continuing...
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8 years of Twitter
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/04/11/8-years-of-twitter/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 11, 2014 To mark 8 years in existance, Twitter launched the facility to look back in time and trace your first tweet.