International Day of Older Persons celebrated October 1st
See the official website which also links to related UN resolutions and reports. On this occasion, HelpAge produced the Global Agewatch index. This ranks countries concern for older people in terms of a number of factors: income, health, employment and education, and enabling environment. Find out where the best places for the elderly to live […]
Human Capital Index
Human capital Index. World Economic Forum launch the 2013 Human capital index. It aims to measure how well 122 countries value and achieve the full economic potential of their workers. by using indices such as Education, Health and Wellness, Workforce and Employment and Enabling Environment. See the press release.
OHCHR anti-discrimination database launched
OHCHR anti-discrimination database launched. OHCHR United Nations Office of the High Commissioner Human Rights has launched a new database which provides free access to over 1500 full-text documents at national international and regional level which relate to combatting racism, xenophobia and racial discrimination. They include legal protocols.
Health Databases from WHO
WHO Europe new statistical database- HlthRes-DB Contains nearly 200 indicators on human and technical resources for health covering 53 states from WHO Europe. Global health workforce data is also available from WHO http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main?showonly=HWF
Knowledge Gateway for Women’s Economic Empowerment
Launched by UN Women in association with the government of Canada. News and full-text resources relating to women and economics. Browse the knowledge library to find papers, reports and data as well as practical toolkits to enable empowerment. Many items produced by UN bodies. Emphasis on current materials. Topics covered are wide-ranging; they include agriculture, […]
Social science video sites
TED videos from world leaders covering all aspects of social and environmental sciences RSA audio and events. Includes NHS, technology and change. Videolectures net. Great examples including academic lecture series. Socialcare TV. From SCIE, focuses on social work skills Vlearn . Business and economics talks.
Migration Policy Centre
Publishes research on migration, asylum and mobility in Europe and in countries located along migration routes to Europe.
New address for this blog
Hello all. The Social Sciences Librarians’ Blog has a new address https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/ RSS feed addresses have also changed. If you subscribe to an RSS feed from the blog, you will have to update your links.
Opinion polls world-wide
Eurobarometer: http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/index_en.htm topics regularly covered include: European citizenship; EU enlargement, social situation, health, culture, information technology, environment and the Euro. Each survey has a detailed methodology. Afrobarometer African-led series of national public attitude surveys on democracy and governance in Africa. Use the website to get free access polls and data from 1999 onwards covering 20 African […]
Lad’s mags
The Cooperative Supermarkets have called for a number of men’s magazines to tone down or remove images of women from their covers. The Guardian has a good coverage of the story. It also has a letter from lawyers on the topic. Marketing Week is also covering the issue. For further details on the campaign to […]
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