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The Gazette
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/04/29/the-gazette/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 29, 2014 New website for the Gazette. The Gazette is the official public record for the UK which was originally established in 1665.
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First Annual report from UK Anti-Slavery Commissioner
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/10/17/first-annual-report-from-uk-anti-slavery-commissioner/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 17, 2016 Download the full text from the UK government website The appendix provides modern slavery crime data for England and Wales.
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Beyond Consultations Too – Ensuring women’s voices are heard
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/29/beyond-consultations-too-ensuring-womens-voices-are-heard/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 29, 2019 GAPS UK and a consortium of key development organisations have just launched a tool to ensure women’s voices are heard in consultations about peace and conflict reconstruction in...
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Which areas of the UK are the most vibrant (economically)?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/12/06/which-areas-of-the-uk-are-the-most-vibrant-economically/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 6, 2016 Find out by consulting The Vibrant Economy Index, a new resource launched recently by Grant Thornton which aims to measure and rank the economic and social well being or vibrancy of...
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2016 Global Food Security Index findings report
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/24/2016-global-food-security-index-findings-report/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 24, 2016 This is the fifth edition of an Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) study, commissioned by DuPont, w hich covers issues of affordability, availability and quality of food across 113...
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Commitment to Reducing Inequality Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/07/24/commitment-to-reducing-inequality-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 24, 2017 New From Oxfam and Development Finance Index, a measure of how committed governments actually are to reducing inequality.
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Security: Latin America and Caribbean
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/04/11/security-latin-america-and-caribbean/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 11, 2014 iGarapé Citizen Security Database This database maps security in 18 countries from Latin America and the Caribbean for the period 1999-2013.
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Where is the best place to be a working woman?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/13/where-is-the-best-place-to-be-a-working-woman/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 13, 2015 To mark International Women’s day the Economist created a ‘glass-ceiling index’ which uses OECD data to rank factors including gender pay gaps and labour force participation.
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Millennium Development Goals
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/12/19/millennium-development-goals/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 19, 2011 The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) has released the latest data on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as a devinfo book http://www.devinfo.
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Black Freedom Struggle in the United States.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/11/05/black-freedom-struggle-in-the-united-states/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 5, 2020 An open-access archive of primary sources covering the following six topics: Slavery and abolition Civil war and reconstruction Jim Crow segregation 1878-1932 New Deal and WWII Civil...