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How much does poverty cost the UK?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/05/how-much-does-poverty-cost-the-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 5, 2016 Interesting report this week from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation which examines the cost to UK public services budgets of citizens suffering poverty.
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International Day of the Girl Child
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/10/17/international-day-of-the-girl-child/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 17, 2016 was celebrated by the UN on October 11th The official website has news , related resolutions and a resource section with reports including empowerment guidelines and statistics...
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Attractiveness surveys (for Business)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/26/attractiveness-surveys-for-business/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 26, 2017 Not Beauty! A series of reports on business attractiveness produced by EY – which countries attract foreign investment.
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Violence against older people
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/06/16/violence-against-older-people/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 16, 2017 15th June has been designated by the United Nations as World Elder Abuse Awareness Day to increase knowledge and work to eliminate abuse and violence against older people worldwide.
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EU Customs Union explained
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/10/19/eu-customs-union-explained/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 19, 2018 The EU Customs Union created a free-trade area where goods circulate freely, without customs duties at the borders between EU countries.
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Junk News Aggregator
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/11/09/junk-news-aggregator/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 9, 2018 A new resource which aims to track the spread of junk news on Facebook.
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Men continue to dominate positions of power in British Life
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/01/20/men-continue-to-dominate-positions-of-power-in-british-life/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 20, 2020 According to the latest Fawcett sex and power report . The situation is even worse for BAME women.
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Women and the Internet
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/03/16/women-and-the-internet/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 16, 2020 Tim Berners–Lee open letter why the Internet is not working for women and girls.
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World Kindness day 13th November
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/11/16/world-kindness-day-13th-november/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 16, 2020 To celebrate this, some special social sciences resources. The world giving index from CAF measures giving to charity and willingness to help a stranger amongst individuals.
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Islamophobia Studies Journal
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/10/islamophobia-studies-journal/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 10, 2013 Islamophobia Studies Journal is a new a bi-annual peer reviewed academic periodical published by the Islamophobia Research and Documentation Project, UC Berkeley, which aims to...