Rainbow Europe
Rainbow Europe ranks all 49 European countries on the basis of laws and policies that have a direct impact on the LGBTI people’s human rights in 6 categories: equality and non-discrimination; family; hate crime and hate speech; legal gender recognition and bodily integrity; civil society space; and asylum.
The Chilling: Global trends in online violence against women journalists
Based on a global survey of 901 journalists from 125 countries, this new UNESCO study found 73% identifying as women said they had experienced online violence. Black, Indigenous, Jewish, Arab and lesbian women journalists participating in the survey and interviews said they experienced both the highest rates and the most severe impacts of online violence.
Are 15-year-olds prepared to deal with fake news and misinformation?
A report launched by the OECD this week Data based on the cross-national PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) surveys. Are students taught reading strategies for assessing the credibility of sources? Is socio-economic status significant?
Sisters Doing It For Themselves
Sisters Doing It For Themselves – archiving a herstory of activism launch event Now available from a recent LSE Library event. An inspiring YouTube video of the launch of this project being organised by the Womens Resource Centre Project which is seeking to document the history of the leadership of the Women’s voluntary and community sector movement in the 1970s […]
BBC handbook online
The BBC Hand Book was first issued in 1928 and published until 1987 when it became annual reports. The contents comprise a review of the year’s programming, cultural and technical achievements. A large number are free to download from this website providing a rich source of information for both media historians, those focussing on the technical […]
Migration Network Hub
The United Nations Network on Migration was launched recently It aims to provide a place where researcher scan access a variety of resources relating to worldwide migration including labour migration, border control and trafficking. It includes global and regional materials, links to a variety of UN and other major reports, networks of experts, events listings […]
The female Form through time
The female Form through time: Google Arts and Culture exhibition Online resource curated by the Discovery Museum which shows how fashion, clothing and culture have dictated the female Silhouette in Western society form Victorian times to the present day. Includes images with short commentary.
Global Gender Pay Gap report
Closing the gender pay gap will take 135 years according to shocking statistics from the latest Economic Forum report This report benchmarks the evolution of gender-based gaps in over 100 nations worldwide, focussing on four sectors: economic participation and opportunity; educational attainment; health and survival; and political empowerment. This year’s report considers the impact of the pandemic on gender […]
The report of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities and reactions
The report of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities Reaction NHS Providers – disagree with the report Runnymede Trust response Institute of Race Relations Black Lives Matter Hope not Hate TUC reaction
The IPPO Living Map: a searchable database of evidence on the social impacts of COVID-19
Just launched, a searchable international database of systematic reviews of research about the social impacts of COVID-19. which is being updated monthly by The International Public Policy Observatory (IPPO), a UK academic collaboration which aims assess evidence from around the world to inform UK policymakers. The scope of the Living Map will be social sciences research evidence on COVID-19, including (but […]
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