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Global Gender Gap Report 2022
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/07/29/global-gender-gap-report-2022/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 29, 2022 Global Gender Gap Report 2022 | World Economic Forum (weforum.org) Get information on the trends from 2020. The report records that it will take another 132 years to close the gap.
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Onlinecensorship.org
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/12/04/onlinecensorship-org/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 4, 2015 Onlinecensorship.org Created by the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
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Republic of South Sudan
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/07/25/republic-of-south-sudan/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 25, 2011 The Republic of South Sudan has become the newest member of the United Nations. Read the official UN resolution at: http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/65/L.
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Sustainable Development Goals game
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/12/05/sustainable-development-goals-game/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 5, 2017 The United Nations have created a special board game (based on Snakes and Ladders) to teach children about 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
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The Taiwan National Treasure digital library
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/10/06/the-taiwan-national-treasure-digital-library/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 6, 2017 A new project which aims to create an online archive of official US documents about Taiwan, The materials obtained from the US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) will...
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The Scottish Suffragette Cities Project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/08/09/the-scottish-suffragette-cities-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 9, 2019 New website from Robert Gordon University which aims to map the struggle for the women’s vote in Scotland.
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Global Gender Pay Gap report
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/04/15/global-gender-pay-gap-report/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 15, 2021 Closing the gender pay gap will take 135 years according to shocking statistics from the latest Economic Forum report This report benchmarks the evolution of...
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Tweeting
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/08/21/tweeting/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 21, 2013 Twitter transparency report Latest update on official requests for information and take down from governments to Twitter.
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Street protests and their repression
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/10/23/street-protests-and-their-repression/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 23, 2013 International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations released a report: Take back the streets about the repression of street protests worldwide. Countries covered include: U.S., U.K.
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Race and Higher Education
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/03/race-and-higher-education/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2019 Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic student attainment at UK universities: #closingthegap Universities UK A report setting out five steps universities can take to help close the attainment...