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• Leicester Hate Crimes Project

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/10/03/leicester-hate-crimes-project/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 3, 2014 Leicester Hate Crimes Project The broad aims of the Leicester Hate Crime Project were to examine people’s experiences of hate, prejudice and targeted hostility understand the physical...

• UNESCO world-wide education data enhanced

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/06/14/unesco-world-wide-education-data-enhanced/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 14, 2017 The UNESCO Institute of statistics have release more data via their dedicated Institute of Statistics data website .  Select education from the themes on the left of the screen.

• 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.

• Report on the World Social Situation digitised

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/07/08/report-on-the-world-social-situation-digitised/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 8, 2019 The Dag Hammarskjöld Library has recently digitised back runs of the  Report on the World Social Situation (RWSS) published between 1952 to 1993.

• Globalstat.eu

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/11/24/globalstat-eu/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 24, 2017 A useful website  project created by the Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos (Lisbon, Portugal) and the European University Institute (Florence, Italy) which deals...

• Supporting teaching in Special Collections

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2014/12/18/supporting-teaching-in-special-collections/

  Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on December 18, 2014 Supporting academic colleagues with teaching is an important part of our work in Special Collections.

• The World Wealth and Income Database

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/01/22/the-world-wealth-income-database/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 22, 2018 Launched in 2017 as a single point of access for statistics on global inequality data , t his great site is managed by an international consortium of economists including Thomas...

• International Day of the Girl – 11th October

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/10/16/international-day-of-the-girl-11th-october/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 16, 2018 Girls ‘banned from using mobile phones’ in many nations Shocking findings from a global survey released on the International Day of the Girl.

•  Gender dynamics within the UN Security Council

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/09/20/gender-dynamics-within-the-un-security-council/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 20, 2024 The UN Dag Hammarskjöld Library has completed a project to provide statistical data on the gender composition of the UN Security Council from 1946 onward.

• Friendly Numberhood

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/09/23/friendly-numberhood/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 23, 2011 http://www.numberhood.