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An online exhibition from the University of Utah It includes examples of 20th century pamphlets, posters and literary magazines from radical socialist and workers organisations.
A healthy US election
Stanford-MIT Project on a Healthy Election A joint project to bring together resources about the conduct of the US 2020 presidential elections includes report cards and data on individual states as well as national resources. There are guides to postal voting , a Covid- 19 electoral litigation tracker and a section on election conduct and […]
The diversity of HE governors
The first ever report on this subject has been published by AdvanceHE.
Work of peace: 75 years of the United Nations
A new online exhibit created by the Department of Peace and Peace Building Affairs. It includes timelines with images and videos showing key work and steps in the UN role as a peacekeeper and mediator.
Black graduates
A HESA report which concludes that black graduates are less satisfied with their career than white graduates can be accessed from the HESA website.
Middle East Women’s Activism collection
A digital collection from SOAS. It comprises Middle East Women’s Activism digital archive, a collection of interviews with 96 women of different generations in Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon, which form the basis of a monograph, entitled, Embodying Geopolitics: Generations of Women’s Activism in Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon. All interviews were conducted by Nicola Pratt, University of Warwick, in […]
Black women’s suffrage collection launched
New site from the Digital Public Library of America provides free access to thousands of primary source documents including letters, manuscripts and photos, political posters from the 19th century until the liberation movement of the 1960s. Includes: school segregation and black Panther collections the Ida B. Wells Barnett Papers from the University of Chicago Other features […]
International Equal Pay Day
18th September is designated International Equal pay day Some key documents are: Human Rights Council resolution on Equal Pay (2019) ILO Centenary Declaration (2019) World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends for Women (2018) Key organisations are: Equal Pay International Coalition (EPIC) Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on Women’s Economic For information on the UK see: Gender pay gap reporting service- find data on companies with over 250 employees […]
What are the financial returns from a postgraduate degree?
This IFS report looks at which degrees bring the most financial rewards and considers the impact of the family background. One result- compared with otherwise-similar individuals who don’t go beyond undergraduate level, by age 35 women with a masters degree earn 2% more and men 2% less.
Oil and Gas Transformation Map
A new interactive tool created by the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University/SIPA and World Economic Forum to track the changes occurring in these energy sectors due to the need to transition to lower carbon energy sources. Also covered is supply, finance employment, geopolitics, climate change. The full press announcement is here The full database is here
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