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Homophobia- the facts
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/26/homophobia-the-facts/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 26, 2015 According to ILGA in 2014 there were still 78 nations where same sex sexual acts between adults in private were illegal . This compared to 113 UN nations where they were legal.
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Inequality in the UK
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/12/05/inequality-in-the-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 5, 2017 Is London the most socially mobile place in the UK? See the latest report from the Social Mobility Commission.
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Don’t Look Away: No place for exclusion of LGBTI students (UNESCO)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/06/21/dont-look-away-no-place-for-exclusion-of-lgbti-students-unesco/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 21, 2021 International LGBTQI Youth and Student Organisation (IGLYO) and UNESCO’s Global Education Monitoring Report released findings from research and surveys on the situation of LGBTQI...
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What young people think and feel
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/02/10/what-do-young-people-think-and-feel/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 10, 2017 A fascinating worldwide survey from the Varkey Foundation which surveyed over 20,000 young people (born 1995-2001) in 20 countries (Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China,...
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Citizen journalism websites
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/04/19/citizen-journalism-websites/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 19, 2013 Guardian Witness https://witness.guardian.co.uk/ A new site for citizens to share news photos and views.
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Creative memory of the Syrian revolution
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/12/15/creative-memory-of-the-syrian-revolution/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 15, 2017 The Creative Memory of the Syrian Revolution provides free access to over 23,000 documents available in Arabic, French and English relating to Syrian civil society resistance...
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World Friendship Day – July 30th
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/08/03/world-friendship-day-july-30th/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 3, 2018 World Friendship day- why it is bad to be lonely ? 30th July was designated International day of friendship by the United Nations.
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16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/12/10/16-days-of-activism-against-gender-based-violence/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 10, 2018 This is an international campaign to challenge violence against women and girls.
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Universal credit – does anyone benefit?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/05/universal-credit-does-anyone-benefit/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 5, 2016 IFS has conducted an economic analysis into the impact finding tha t it ‘will tend to weaken the incentive for single parents to be in work, and to strengthen the incentive for...
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The trial of Joan of Arc
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/12/05/the-trial-of-joan-of-arc/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 5, 2022 BL Medieval manuscripts has now digitised documents relating to the trial of Joan of Arc. They comprise two manuscripts Egerton MS 984 https://www.bl.