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• Equal pay day

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/11/09/equal-pay-day/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 9, 2012 A report from the Fawcett society claims a backward step for women in closing the gender pay gap in the UK. See other campaign material on their website for more reports and statistics.

• Jeanette Winterson, tax, libraries and Starbucks, Google and Amazon!

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/11/23/jeanette-winterson-starbucks-tax-and-libraries/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 23, 2012 The author Jeanette Winterson delivered the inaugural Reading Agency lecture at the British Library on 19th November.

• World e-Parliament Report 2012

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/11/23/world-e-parliament-report-2012/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 23, 2012 http://www.ictparliament.

• ‘Removing womens’ inequality would add $12 trillion to global growth’

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/09/30/removing-womens-inequality-would-add-12-trillion-to-global-growth/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 30, 2016 …according to the latest report from Mckinsey.   It estimates that gender inequality has vast economic costs.

• European Digital City Index 2016

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/25/european-digital-city-index-2016/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 25, 2016 Launched by Nesta to measure how well cities support start-ups and digital entrepreneurs.  This year it has expanded and now covers 60 cities.

• 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.

• How far will technology companies go in helping repressive regimes

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/07/20/how-far-will-technology-companies-go-in-helping-repressive-regimes/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 20, 2012 http://pewinternet.org/~/media//Files/Reports/2012/PIP_Future_of_Corporate_Responsibility_070512.

• Do graduates earn more?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/09/25/do-graduates-earn-more/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 25, 2015 Latest analysis from researchers at the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), Harvard University and the University of Cambridge found that generally they did even during the latest...

• Banned Books and Academic Freedom

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/10/13/banned-books-and-academic-freedom/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 13, 2023 Sage has launched a new collection of free-to-read research of articles from its academic journals highlighting the effects of academic censorship on democracy, social-emotional...

• 20% of women have experienced some kind of sexual assault since the age of 16

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/02/09/20-of-women-have-experienced-some-kind-of-sexual-assault-since-the-age-of-16/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 9, 2018 Latest shocking data from the UK Office of National Statistics. This compares with 4% of men. See the methodology and full report on the website.