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State of the World 2014/15: Amnesty International
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/23/state-of-the-world-201415-amnesty-international/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 23, 2015 Amnesty International’s annual review of human rights includes overview essays and country surveys covering freedom, rights, discrimination and abuses.
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Comparing politicians
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/05/comparing-politicians/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 5, 2016 With the ongoing Labour Party contest you might want to compare politicians.
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Trends monitor
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/07/30/trends-monitor/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 30, 2018 Trends Monitor is a research project being undertaken by Media Matters for Democracy to identify and document potential manipulation of political hashtags and conversations on Twitter in...
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Observatory of killed journalists
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/11/16/observatory-of-killed-journalists/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 16, 2018 New database from UNESCO. Shocki ngly the The Observatory records 1,293 killings since 1993, including more than 80 recorded in 2018 .
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Virtual Votes for Women
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/03/01/virtual-votes-for-women/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 1, 2021 Based on the temporary exhibition held at the Museum of London between February 2018 and March 2019. It has biographies of key suffragettes, images of events and artefacts.
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Media pluralism and democracy
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/25/media-pluralism-and-democracy/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 25, 2016 Published this week, the latest Eurobarometer survey of EU citizens on Media pluralism and democracy found that 57% of EU citizens believe that the media in their countries...
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Global Risks in the World 2017
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/13/global-risks-in-the-world-2017/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 13, 2017 This week the World Economic Forum released its latest annual report on risk in 2017. It focuses on five areas, economic, social, technological, geopolitical and environmental.
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Is your press free?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/08/is-your-press-free/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 8, 2017 Check the 2017 ranking from Reporters without Borders. Since 2002 it has been rating level of freedom available to journalists in over 180 nations worldwide.
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World Peace Index 2017 launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/06/14/world-peace-index-2017-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 14, 2017 Find out which is the world’s most peaceful country using the latest annual index from Visions of Humanity. It also summaries worldwide and regional trends.
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Who are the top LGBT friendly employers in the UK?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/02/02/who-are-the-top-lgbt-friendly-employers-in-the-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 2, 2018 University of Leicester has moved up to 44th position. Find out the others from the annual Stonewall 100 list.