Country Reports on Terrorism 2015
Just released by the US state Department, these annual reports have regional and country reports as well as essays reviewing global trends, terrorism safe havens and terrorist organisations. The website has an archive of similar reports from 2000 onwards allowing tracing of long term trends. The Global Terrorism report from The Institute for Economics and […]
1866 suffrage petition 150th anniversary
It is 150 years since The Women’s Suffrage Committee, formed by Barbara Bodichon, collected 1,500 signatures on a petition for women’s suffrage in 1866 and it was presented to parliament by John Stuart Mill. Find out with an introduction from the Parliament website where there is an online exhibition with a list of names. The […]
Switzerland rejects Basic Minimum Income referendum vote
Find out more using LSE’s research posting. This has links to the results and analysis of the issues at stake. For discussion of why many commentators consider a minimum income as necessary look at this World Bank data on purchasing power of consumers in different nations worldwide and this Oxfam report that stated that 62 people […]
The British press made a battle out of the miners’ strike
Analysis from The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/war-on-the-picket-line-how-the-british-press-made-a-battle-out-of-the-miners-strike-60470
Family Online Safety Grid Directory update
Global Resource & Information Directory (GRID) was first launched in 2010 by the Family Online Safety Institute in partnership with UNICEF. Its aim is to provide a series of country files on guidelines, organisations and regulations governing and regulating Internet safety, especially with regard to children. For more reports on issue relating to child Internet […]
Labour Together
Find out more about this new political grouping launched this week by members of the Labour Party to unify and renew the party. See the official website and Twitter account for details of activities. See the explanation in the New Statesman and commentary from LabourList grassroots supporters.
Glossary of UN terms
For those who find the abbreviations used by the UN and its agencies difficult to understand try the latest free app which covers common acronyms and a glossary of terms.
Arab Development Portal
An initiative of the Coordination Group of Arab, National and Regional Development Institutions (CG), the Islamic Development Bank and the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID), in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) which aims to provide a one stop shop for news, reports and statistical data covering economic and social development in the […]
Atlas of African Health
Just released by the WHO includes data on progress towards health-related Millennium Development goals. It forms part of the Wider WHO African Health Observatory which has a wealth of reports and data on health and health care in Africa. It also has country profiles and the full text of recent issues of the African Health […]
Is the Treasury being Economic with the truth about Brexit?
Recently the UK government claimed that a possible UK exit from Europe would have an immediate economic impact. Certainly according to a report published by Civitas this week The HM treasury claims do not add up. For other opinions see the IFS analysis of the impact on public finance. And reports issued which state that […]
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