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She Stands for Peace
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/03/22/she-stands-for-peace/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 22, 2022 She Stands for Peace is a new site created by The UN Office to the African Union ( UNOAU ) with the support of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Government of Sweden.
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Rosa Parks digital collection
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/04/rosa-parks-digital-collection/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 4, 2016 Just released by the Library of Congress, this great new online resource celebrating the life, civil rights achievements and legacy of Rosa Parks whose refusal to give up a seat to a...
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Women’s roles in peace processes
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/11/13/womens-roles-in-peace-processes/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 13, 2017 A great site from the Council on Foreign Relations which has data on female participation from 1990 onwards.
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UNESCO Data Centre
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/03/07/unesco-data-centre/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 7, 2014 UNESCO Institute for Statistics has launched a new enhanced data centre For details on the topic areas covered consult the main UNESCO website.
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TCData360 launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/13/tcdata360-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 13, 2017 A new site from the World Bank which provides free access to open data on trade and competitiveness.
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Violence against women and girls annual report
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/06/29/violence-against-women-and-girls-annual-report/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 29, 2015 Just released from the CPS, the report shows a substantial increase in the number of crimes reported and the number of successful prosecutions in the UK.
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UK Web Content to be archived
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/04/18/uk-web-content-to-be-archived/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 18, 2013 The Legal Deposit Libraries of the UK and Ireland are to archive UK web content for the benefit of future researchers. More information from the BBC http://www.bbc.co.
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Urban Gems/Happiness
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/09/28/urban-gemshappiness/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 28, 2012 http://urbangems.org/ A new academic project that aims to crowd source what citizens like about cities and what makes them happy.
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Syria’s internet blackout
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/12/18/syrias-internet-blackout/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 18, 2012 Google launches speak to tweet service because of Syria’s internet blackout, a good example of the use of social media to provide crisis communications.
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FRAGEN
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/08/01/fragen/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 1, 2011 http://www.fragen.nu/aletta/fragen Fragen (FRAmes on GENder) is an electronic library of full text feminist works published since the 1960s.