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‘Removing womens’ inequality would add $12 trillion to global growth’
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/09/30/removing-womens-inequality-would-add-12-trillion-to-global-growth/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 30, 2016 …according to the latest report from Mckinsey. It estimates that gender inequality has vast economic costs.
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Sexual Identity Data UK
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/10/11/sexual-identity-data-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 11, 2016 The Office for National Statistics is now collecting sexual identity estimates based on social survey data from the Annual Population Survey (APS) and has published it as a...
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Free access to Congressional Research reports
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/02/free-access-to-congressional-research-reports/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 2, 2016 EveryCRSReport.com provides free access to over 8,000 reports from the Congressional Research Service.
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Historic US election results
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/11/historic-us-election-results/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 11, 2016 USA Presidential elections. Here are some historical data sources. Official vote counts for federal elections since 1920 from the official sources compiled by the Office of the Clerk.
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European Digital City Index 2016
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/25/european-digital-city-index-2016/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 25, 2016 Launched by Nesta to measure how well cities support start-ups and digital entrepreneurs. This year it has expanded and now covers 60 cities.
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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...
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World laws on online speech
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/05/25/world-laws-on-online-speech/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 25, 2018 The Stanford Center for Internet and Society (CIS) has relaunched World Intermediary Liability Map .
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Legislative Observatory on Freedom of Expression, Latin America launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/10/19/legislative-observatory-on-freedom-of-expression-latin-america-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 19, 2018 Legislative Observatory on Freedom of Expression Latin America launched A special project of the the Center for Studies on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information (CELE)...
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Sexual harassment of women and girls in public places
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/10/26/sexual-harassment-of-women-and-girls-in-public-places/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 26, 2018 According to the latest report from the Women and Equalities Committee sexual harassment of women and girls is routine and relentless.
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US Mid-Term Elections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/11/09/us-mid-term-elections/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 9, 2018 Lots of links on this subject. New York Times collected examples of misinformation over 4,000 were sent from social media.