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• Art under attack 2016

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/02/17/art-under-attack-2016/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 17, 2017 Censorship and Attacks on Artistic Freedom in 2016 .  The annual report b y Freemuse based on 78 countries recorded 1,028 attacks on artists and violations of their rights in 2016.

• Violence Against Women in Elections

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/02/17/violence-against-women-in-elections/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 17, 2017 A new framework of guidelines as been issued by IFES which will help officials monitor, assess and respond to gender violence during elections.

• Global Gender pay gap

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/03/24/3028/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 24, 2017 For details on the Global Gender Pay gap see the recent United Nations Stop the Robbery campaign which has been launched on social media It is supporting the http://www.unwomen.

• European Union – 60th Anniversary of the Treaty of Rome

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/03/24/european-union-60th-anniversary-of-the-treaty-of-rome/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 24, 2017 The EU has been celebrating the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome.

• Good Practices for Urban Refugees Database

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/03/31/good-practices-for-urban-refugees-database/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 31, 2017 A site created by UNHCR staff to gather together good examples of policy and practical implementation for those working with urban refugees.

• The Gender Gap in Internet Access

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/03/31/the-gender-gap-in-internet-access/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 31, 2017 On 15 th March 2017, the Broadband Commission Working Group on the Digital Gender Divide launched its final report Recommendations for action: bridging the gender gap in Internet and...

• Spectator Archive

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/07/15/spectator-archive/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 15, 2013 Still in beta format: http://archive.spectator.co.uk/   Search free of charge the full text digital version of this weekly, right-wing magazine from July 1828 to December 2008.

• Women like that: lesbian and gay history

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/07/26/women-like-that-lesbian-and-gay-history/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 26, 2013 Jane Traies, who is based at the University of Surrey, is pioneering research on the lives of older lesbians in the UK.

• Africa Open Data

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/10/23/africa-open-data/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 23, 2013 Africa open data Useful initiative of the Open Africa Platform which is part of the Ujuzi Initiative and created and funded by the Africa Media Initiative (AMI), the World Bank...

• What do social science graduates do?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/11/01/what-do-social-science-graduates-do/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 1, 2013 A report by the Campaign for Social Science, October 2013 http://campaignforsocialscience.org.