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• The boomerang generation

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/01/the-boomerang-generation/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 1, 2015 Are you part of the ‘boomerang generation’? LSE has published research on the impact on family relationships of young adults returning to the parental home after graduating from university.

• Equal Pay Day

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/11/equal-pay-day-2/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 11, 2016 This year equal pay day was 10 th November  This highlights the gender gap in wages as it is calculated by researchers to represent the last day in which women earn the same as men.

• Stop violence against women

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/12/12/stop-violence-against-women/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 12, 2016 The 16 days of activism campaign ended on 10 th December.  But the release this week of the Femicide census by Womens Aid shows why it is still necessary.

• Suicides: UK prisons and beyond

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/27/suicides-uk-prisons-and-beyond/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 27, 2017 Shocking news this week that the Ministry of Justice has recorded high levels of suicide in prison and an internal enquiry will be launched.

• World Autism Awareness Day

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/03/31/world-autism-awareness-day/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 31, 2017 2 nd April is World Autism Awareness Day.

• Sweatshops

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/17/sweatshops/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 17, 2013 Following the recent tragedy in Bangladesh- would you pay more for ethical production? Depressingly, a H uff/Post YouGov poll of American shoppers found little awareness about the...

• Opinion polls world-wide

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/08/21/opinion-polls-world-wide/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 21, 2013 Eurobarometer: http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/index_en.

• Cities

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/02/28/cities/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 28, 2014 What Do the Best Entrepreneurs Want In A City? The latest report from Endeavor Insight, contains interviews with 150 top USA executives in the qualities they want in locating a...

• Socialist and Communist Pamphlets Digital Collection

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/03/socialist-and-communist-pamphlets-digital-collection/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2017 The Socialist and Communist Pamphlets digital collection New in 2017 from the University of Houston, the collection includes 40 socialist, communist, and anarchist pamphlets from a...

• Do Middle Eastern men support Gender equality?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/26/do-middle-eastern-men-support-gender-equality/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 26, 2017 Download the results from The International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES).