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                    The Right to be Heard Framework: A learning companionhttps://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/12/18/the-right-to-be-heard-framework-a-learning-companion/ Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 18, 2012 An online guide from Oxfam intended for development workers. The right to be heard framework aims to help poor people be heard by politicians. 
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                    1.1 million abusive tweets sent to women in 2017https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/01/04/1-1-million-abusive-tweets-sent-to-women-in-2017/ Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 4, 2019 …according to large-scale research undertaken by Amnesty International and Element AI , a global artificial intelligence software product company. 
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                    The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Projecthttps://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/10/26/the-armed-conflict-location-event-data-project/ Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 26, 2020 ACLED’s political violence and protest data website now has a new feature in addition to the datasets which allow researchers to monitor emerging crises around... 
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                    Social Media and Sexismhttps://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/16/social-media-and-sexism/ Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 16, 2014 This week a report published by Demos discussed the extent of misogyny on Twitter . You can read the full text on the website. 
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                    A data revolution for all?https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/21/a-data-revolution-for-all/ Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 21, 2014 The UN Secretary-General’s Independent Expert Advisory Group on a Data Revolution for Sustainable Development has just published a report called a World that Counts . 
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                    Homosexuality – is it still considered a disease?https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/26/homosexuality-is-it-still-considered-a-disease/ Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 26, 2015 Controversy continues concerning the WHO stance towards homosexuality. 
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                    European Data Portalhttps://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/12/01/european-data-portal/ Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 1, 2015 Launched this month, a new resource developed by the European Commission offering free access to over 240,000 datasets from 28 European Nations. 
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                    Open the Door: social science research for development and a sustainable futurehttps://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/12/22/open-the-door-social-science-research-for-development-and-a-sustainable-future/ Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 22, 2015 New publication from the European Commission . Download the full text in PDF from the website. 
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                    The British press made a battle out of the miners’ strikehttps://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/09/the-british-press-made-a-battle-out-of-the-miners-strike/ Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 9, 2016 Analysis from The Conversation: https://theconversation. 
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                    Bloomberg: US film revenueshttps://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/08/14/bloomberg-us-film-revenues/ Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 14, 2013 Superhero blockbusters such as “Man of Steel” boosted movie sales in the second quarter after U.S. cinema takings declined during the past two years.