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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.
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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.
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Training? Who needs it?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2017/11/01/training-who-needs-it/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on November 1, 2017 Recently, whilst talking to a trainer in one of the UK police forces, he mentioned how their staff trained in police driving techniques had to undergo regular refresher training.
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Feminism in the School curriculum
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/18/feminism-in-the-school-curriculum/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 18, 2016 This week MPs discussed the proposal for feminism to be dropped from the A Level politics curriculum. See the draft curriculum from 2015.
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Coaching
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2016/06/13/coaching/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on June 13, 2016 “We don’t see the world as it is, we see it as we are”. It would appear that at the moment the world is full of coaches; no, not the type you travel in.
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Celebrating LGBT History month
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/12/celebrating-lgbt-history-month/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 12, 2016 February is LGBT History month http://lgbthistorymonth.org.uk/ Take a look at the Gay t-Shirt archive! Wearing Gay History a digital archive of American LGBT t-shirts.
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International Equal Pay Day
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/09/25/international-equal-pay-day/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 25, 2020 18th September is designated International Equal pay day Some key documents are: Human Rights Council resolution on Equal Pay (2019) ILO Centenary...
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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.
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The power of twitter as a communication tool
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/12/03/the-power-of-twitter-as-a-communication-tool/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 3, 2012 http://fordschool.umich.edu/video/newest/1975704207001/ Useful video of a lecture by CEO Dick Costollo at the Ford School on November 2012.
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More on International Woman’s Day
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/13/more-on-international-womans-day/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 13, 2018 International Woman’s Day was celebrated on the 8 th March This year the theme was press for progress. In Spain over 5 million women joined a strike which was supported by local mayor.