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Multidimensional Poverty Assessment Tool (MPAT) The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has just released this new tool which can be used to measure rural poverty. Its website provides free access to background papers and reports on its methodology, as well as the opportunity to do download the guide in full.
UN Yearbook
The new UN Yearbook Website. The new-look website provides free access to all editions of the UN Yearbook published since 1947. It is a key publication providing insight into all areas of United Nations interest and activity. These include: conflicts, peacekeeping forces, overviews of economic and international trade trends, plus information on UN programmes of work […]
The Gazette
New website for the Gazette. The Gazette is the official public record for the UK which was originally established in 1665. It is published by TSO, on behalf of The National Archives and can be used to trace official notices, Queen’s awards, wills, probate and insolvency notices. It is particularly noted for containing official War […]
Violence against women journalists
Violence and Harassment against Women in the News Media International News Safety Institute and the International Women’s Media Foundation have just launched the first international survey of the extent of harassment and sexual violence experienced by women journalists and media workers world-wide. The 40 page report details widespread abuse and can be downloaded in full […]
8 years of Twitter
To mark 8 years in existance, Twitter launched the facility to look back in time and trace your first tweet. It has posted online some amusing examples from famous celebrities. The Atlantic has a useful article mapping trends in time. It is based on an academic paper: The Tweets They are a-Changin’: Evolution of Twitter Users and Behavior by Yabing Liuy, Chloe […]
Race and Diversity in UK Academia
Race and Diversity in UK Academia An analysis by the Conversation shows worrying under representation of black and Asian ethnic groups in UK universities both as students and on management boards. Download the data from their website. Also on this topic British Black Academics have released the results of their race equality survey and launched a new network to support PhD […]
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 […]
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