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Net Children Go Mobile Project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/02/01/net-children-go-mobile-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 1, 2013 http://www.netchildrengomobile.eu/ A new project funded by the Safer Internet Programme of the European Commission has been launched.
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Human Rights Web Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/03/04/human-rights-web-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 4, 2013 http://hrwa.cul.columbia.
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Google public alerts
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/03/08/google-public-alerts/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 8, 2013 http://www.google.org/crisisresponse/publicalerts/ Google is now advertising public service crisis and disaster alerts.
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International Women’s Day: 8th March
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/03/08/international-womens-day-8th-march/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 8, 2013 This year’s UN International Women’s Day focuses on ending violence against women. The song One Woman is released today to help laucnh the campaign. Hear it here: http://song.unwomen.
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World’s Muslims: Unity and Diversity
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/08/17/worlds-muslims-unity-and-diversity/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 17, 2012 http://www.pewforum.org/Muslim/the-worlds-muslims-unity-and-diversity-executive-summary.
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American presidency and social media
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/11/16/american-presidency-and-social-media/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 16, 2012 http://techpresident.com/news/23104/help-digital-infrastructure-obama-wins-re-election TechPresident has a good review of the role of social media in the election.
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Mapping Digital Media
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/11/16/mapping-digital-media/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 16, 2012 The Center for International Media Assistance in partnership with the Open Society Foundations, announced the publication of an interactive map The project examines the global...
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Syria’s internet blackout
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/12/18/syrias-internet-blackout/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 18, 2012 Google launches speak to tweet service because of Syria’s internet blackout, a good example of the use of social media to provide crisis communications.
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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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Globally women earn 24% less than men
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/01/globally-women-earn-24-less-than-men/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 1, 2015 Regional gender pay gaps vary from an average 33% in South Asia to 14% in the Middle East and North Africa.