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Women & Global Diplomacy: From Peace Movements to the UN
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/07/03/women-global-diplomacy-from-peace-movements-to-the-un/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 3, 2018 A new webguide from UN Archives Geneva combines primary and secondary sources from both the archives and library of the United Nations at Geneva.
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Low to middle income working-age households face 3 years of falling or flat incomes
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/02/low-to-middle-income-working-age-households-face-3-years-of-falling-or-flat-incomes/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 2, 2018 …according to the latest annual report from the Resolution Foundation.
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Police.uk
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/02/11/police-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 11, 2011 http://www.police.uk/ The much hyped crimes maps of the UK website which was launched this week.
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Same-sex marriage: UK
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/24/same-sex-marriage-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2013 News relating to the recent British Debates Try the UK parliament which contains details of the debate.
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Are the rich getting richer?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/01/26/are-the-rich-getting-richer/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 26, 2015 According to Oxfam in research timed for the start of the World Economic Forum in Davos , in 2014, the richest 1% owned 48% of global wealth.
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Chatham House ‘Best think tank in Western Europe’ 2015…
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/19/chatham-house-best-think-tank-in-western-europe-2015/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 19, 2016 …according to the 2015 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report an annual ranking produced by The Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) at the University of Pennsylvania.
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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.
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Fast Food Britain
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/07/28/fast-food-britain/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 28, 2017 Analysis by the Guardian has mapped fast food with social inequality and deprivation. One of the key concerns is that access to fast food will increase obesity.
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Comparing Gender and Media Equality across the Globe
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/12/14/comparing-gender-and-media-equality-across-the-globe/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 14, 2020 GEM, a research project led by the University of Gothenberg, has culminated in an open-access book: Comparing Gender and Media Across the Globe : A cross-national study of the...
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Socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 on women
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/01/17/socioeconomic-impacts-of-covid-19-on-women/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 17, 2022 Women and girls left behind: Glaring gaps in pandemic responses This publication contains and analyses the outcomes of Rapid Gender Assessment surveys (RGAs) on the...