ACLED (The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project) has now released all political violence and protest data for 2021. You can now access an annual update covering more than 266,000 events around the world. It includes extensive coverage of the impact of COVID on violent uprising and state repression across the world. Register for […]
Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog
Socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 on women
Women and girls left behind: Glaring gaps in pandemic responses This publication contains and analyses the outcomes of Rapid Gender Assessment surveys (RGAs) on the socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 in 45 countries, produced by UN Women in partnership with national statistical offices, governmental entities, international partners, or private sector. The report confirmed uneven pandemic impacts […]
Global humanitarian overview 2021
Ocha-coordinated review which examines global and regional trends highlighting achievements and priorities for the coming year. This includes overviews of threats such as Covid, displacement and conflict. Future needs are considered.
Delivering online teaching
University of Kent‘s Digitally Enhanced Education Webinars YouTube Channel. These webinars were designed by university of Kent to share practice and tips on delivering teaching online. They cover pedagogy and practice. Of particular value are the playlists relating to accessible learning online.
Sharp Power Research Portal…
…has been created by the International Forum for Democratic Studies. It aims to provide researchers with a single portal where they can find examples of the spread and nature of authoritarian power worldwide. It defines the term “sharp power” as reflecting an approach that typically involves the subtle penetration and manipulation of targeted countries and […]
Remote-learning readiness
Ensuring Equal Access to Education in Future Crises: Findings of the New Remote Learning Readiness Index (UNICEF)The report introduces the Remote Learning Readiness Index to measure countries’ readiness to deliver remote learning in response to school closures or disruption of in-person learning. The index ranks countries’ performance according to a number of different categories. Access the […]
Education in post-conflict and lockdown situations
Education4Resilience – online platformSite created by UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP-UNESCO), in partnership with the Education Above All (EAA). It aims to provide free access to a searchable databases of resources, guidelines, and tools to help policy makers and teachers use education as a tool to build resilience including in post-conflict situations and during lockdowns. […]
New 5-volume open-access study on Antisemitism
De Gruyter have just made free to download: An End to Antisemitism! the outcome of an international high-level conference that was held in Vienna in 2018 as a collaboration between the University of Vienna, together with New York University, Tel Aviv University and the European Jewish Congress. Topics covered include: Volume 1: Comprehending and Confronting Antisemitism, […]
UNU Gender Atlas
The UNU Gender Atlas provides a succinct summary of the United Nations University’s work on gender equality and looks at themes in the 2030 Agenda.
The Politics of Women’s Suffrage
The Politics of Women’s Suffrage edited by Alexandra Hughes-Johnson and Lyndsey Jenkins. A new open-access book from the School of Advanced study, University of London. Download the full text which focuses on grassroots activism in the broadest sense including both local and international efforts and different forms of campaigns for the vote including education.
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