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• 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.

• 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...

• 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.

• Employers who underpay workers

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/02/17/employers-who-underpay-workers/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 17, 2017 The UK government has released a list of 350 employers who failed to the minimum wage . The page also has facts on the key industrial sectors concerned.

• Too poor to afford school holidays?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/07/28/too-poor-to-afford-school-holidays/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 28, 2017 This week the Trussell Trust published research that during school holidays more children receive and rely on food bank emergency supplies.

• Girls are more unhappy with their lives

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/09/03/girls-are-more-unhappy-with-their-lives/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 3, 2018 Shocking findings f rom the latest Children’s Society Annual Report .

• Aid Worker Security database

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/02/08/aid-worker-security-database/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 8, 2013 https://aidworkersecurity.org/ Produced by the Humanitarian Outcomes, a team of specialist consultants, this database provides statistics on violence against aid workers.

• First worldwide patient recruited to kidney study

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/first-worldwide-patient-recruited-to-kidney-study

  A team of Leicester researchers is conducting a number of clinical trials in different types of kidney disease and has recently started a study examining a new treatment for IgA Nephropathy.

• University pledges to offer a hundred Sanctuary Awards to displaced people worldwide

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/distance-learning

  Read more about University of Leicester offering one hundred distance learning scholarships to displaced people across the world.

• Are children in the UK exposed to online pornography?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/17/are-children-in-the-uk-exposed-to-online-pornography/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 17, 2016 And if so, what impact does it have on their lives and relationships?  The NSPCC and the Children’s Commissioner asked Middlesex University to conduct a study.