People Behind the Headlines: Humanitarian Society
The UoL Humanitarian Society has won 2 awards for its monthly newsletter, People Behind the Headlines. The society’s aims are “to make a difference in the world by promoting human welfare, educating others about global issues, and supporting disadvantaged students at the University of Leicester” and their newsletter includes opinion pieces, photojournalism and interviews with […]
Women’s history month: Europeana online exhibitions
Europeana online exhibitions and blogs covering women’s history themes. The essays feature images of material items from Europe’s national libraries. They include national collections and biographies of individuals such as Josephine Baker, Charlotte Bronte, Miriam Makeba and Queen Elizabeth II.
Photography of the Ukraine war (contains disturbing images)
Capturing Struggle: Ukraine Through American and Ukrainian LensesFrom University of Berkeley, an exhibition documenting the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. It features powerful and often disturbing images captured by American and Ukrainian photojournalists. There are also maps and recommendations of further reading from the Library collections
Lowy Institute Global Diplomacy Index
Lowy Institute for International Policy produced this interactive map which looks at the global diplomacy networks of 66 nations. It ranks influence in different regions and over time since 2016 and provides a downloadable report of key findings. Full methodology provided on the website.
Ukraine
Think Tank reports on the invasion of Ukraine – Consilium (europa.eu)Useful bibliography with annotations and links on recent European think tanks’ publications about the conflict. A useful starting point for grey literature.
Yemen Conflict Observatory
Yemen Conflict Observatory A new site created by ACLED and the Yemen Data project. This site offers up to date data dashboards and mappings of war and violence in Yemen. It incudes Red Sea Attacks Dashboard, Weapons Systems Dashboard and Actor Profiles. Regional Profiles feature interactive maps showing events within each region. Details of the methodology […]
National Archives: Sexuality and gender identity history
A guide on research on gender and sexuality in the UK National Archives. Emphasis is on their holdings of government, legal and police records. Guidance is offered on other organisations too.
ACLED Conflict Index
The ACLED Conflict IndexA new indicator relating to civilian impact of conflict. Includes an interactive calculator that shows the number of people exposed to conflict in the selected area and time period. Users can filter options to choose a geographic location where people are exposed, the type of conflict they are exposed to, the types of actors […]
Zines about Palestine
Zine Co-op collective have created an online collection of printable Palestine-related zines to print. You can download here.
Indicators for Democratic Parliaments
From the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), a platform of 25 indicators that can be used to help assess the capacity and performance of parliaments enabling them to become stronger democratic institutions. Full methodology and background is provided on the website.
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