Security: Latin America and Caribbean
iGarapé Citizen Security Database This database maps security in 18 countries from Latin America and the Caribbean for the period 1999-2013. It has been created in association with the Inter-American Development Bank. Users can access interactive graphs of data relating to citizen safety and security which have been sourced from online databases managed by major institutions such […]
Poverty in Europe
Poverty Reduction in Europe: Social Policy and Innovation (ImPRovE) Useful project which is focusing upon social policy and poverty in Europe. It is composed of a consortium of leading European partners including : Social Exclusion and the City (OASeS), Belgium; Athens University Of Economics And Business (AUEB); TÁRKI Social Research Institute (TÁRKI), Hungary; Centre for Analysis of Social […]
LGBT in the military
LGBT Military Index The first ever global ranking of countries by inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) service members in the armed forces has just been developed by the The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS). The methodology includes 19 factors and is explained in full on the website. Topics include inclusion, persecution, […]
Women on boards
Women on Boards Third Annual Report released This 3rd annual report into women on boards shows progress in achieving the target of target of 25% of women on all FTSE100 board by 2015. Cranfield University publish Female FTSE annual reports giving data and analysis on female members of FTSE boards. All issues from 2005 onwards can be downloaded […]
Web archives
Australian government launch new web archive The Australian Government Web Archive is a new site launched by the National Library of Australia. It complements the Library’s long established PANDORA Archive. The AGWA is a collection of Commonwealth Government websites dating from June 2011. Selected older government web content will continue to be found on the […]
Criminal Laws on Homosexuality in African Nations
Criminal Laws on Homosexuality in African Nations Useful chart produced in February 2014 by the Law Library of the Library of Congress which summarizes the treatment of homosexuality in the criminal laws of forty-nine African nations. For further research on this topic try: ILGA The website of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and […]
Atlas of Economic Complexity
Atlas of Economic Complexity Free online book published by The Observatory of Economic Complexity which aims to make available to the public complex data about international trade relations. Sources of data include UN Comtrade BACI International Trade Database. It is possible to download the whole book. This contains countries profiles on what is exported and where. […]
World Social Science Blog
World Social Science Blog Recently launched by the International Social Science Council, this new blog will cover broad areas relating to the social sciences, trans-disciplinary research, and social transformation. It aims to encourage discussion from contributors worldwide.
Violence against women
Violence against Women in the UK According to a recent survey conducted by the European Union’s Agency for Fundamental Rights which was published this week, the UK is ranked in fifth place – below Finland, Sweden, Netherlands and France – for the highest number of women reporting physical and/or sexual violence by a male since they […]
The UK and Migration
Impacts of Migration on UK Native Employment: An Analytical Review of the Evidence The Home Office finally released this week the controversial report by Ciaran Devlin and Olivia Bolt, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills Dhiren Patel, David Harding and Ishtiaq Hussain, Home Office which considers the impact of immigration on the employment of existing UK residents. Find out why it […]
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