Sites of the week 20th December 2020
Dear all
Here is the latest round up of new and interesting sites for social scientists
in the news covid
updating the blog with links to new reports on' christmas bubbles'
UN Research Roadmap for the COVID-19 Recovery
surveys from 19 Latin American nations on gender based violence during lockfdowns March-June 2020
the research was supported by the Howard G. Buffett Fund for Women Journalists of the International Women's Media Foundation and carried out by
Red de Jóvenes Periodistas. It records data on violence (physical, economic, psychological and femicide) as well as government strategies. Some information on the site is in Spanish only.
Chaired by Professor Dame Jane Dacre and led by Professor Carol Woodhams, the review reported on 15th december, shockingly it found
" There are gender pay gaps throughout the medical profession. Analysing payroll data reveals
basic gender pay gaps of 24.4% for HCHS (mostly hospital) doctors, 33.5% for GPs and
21.4% for clinical academics. " the explanations given are hours worked, seniority and additional payments.
also released this week
Fawcett society report on the impact of the Covid on equal pay
this shows early education in nursery school and family remains gendered and this is believed to have a negative impact
What We Don't have: Confronting the Absence of Diversity in the University Archives,- Carnegie Mellon University
the murder of George Floyd caused carnegie Mello university to critically reflect on their own archives collections, display, cataloguing and practice . this online exhibition examines the issues of what they dont collect or display, the absences and gaps in archives
Brazilian women archives online :
The archival collections of nine historic women from Brazil have been made openly accessible by the Fundação Getulio Vargas in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with financial support from the Center for Research Libraries. T
The women included in this collection are:
Almerinda Farias Gama (1899-1992) – Lawyer, journalist, advocate for women’s right to vote
Anna Amélia de Queiroz Carneiro de Mendonça (1896-1971) – Poet, president of Brazilian Education Association, represented Brazil in 1942 at the Inter-American Commission of Women
Delminda Benvinda Gudolle Aranha (1894-1969) – President of Comitê de Auxílio às Famílias das Vítimas de Atentados do Eixo, which supported Brazil’s involvement in World War II against the Axis powers, wife of diplomat Osvaldo Aranha
Hermínia de Souza e Silva Collor (1895-1971) – Head of women’s wing of Partido Republicano Castilhista; advocate for women’s education and literacy
Hilda Von Sperling Machado – Diplomat and active in civil society groups helping the needy
Luiza de Freitas Valle Aranha (1872-1948) – Ranch owner, worked on community projects tackling social inequality and in support of health initiatives
Niomar Moniz Sodré Bittencourt (1916-2003) – Journalist and owner of newspaper Correio da Manhã, one of the founders of Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro
Rosalina Coelho Lisbôa de Larragoiti (1900-1975) – Journalist and Brazil’s delegate to United Nations General Assembly in 1951
Yvonne Maggie de Leers Costa Ribeiro (1944- ) – Anthropologist and professor at Rio de Janeiro Federal University
the catalogues include digitised press cuttings. documents and manuscripts.
Evolution of the Pandemic Through the Lens of Google Searches
it is dashboard covering 200 nations
looking at trends in numbers of cases in a nation and the words most commonly searched for on Google - these include categories for symptoms, mental health treatment and consequences. A full methodology provided
UNDP Launched Human Development Report 2020
The theme is The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Anthropocene
The report includes a new experimental index on human progress that takes into account countries’ carbon dioxide emissions and material footprint. Think-tanks members of the South-South Global Thinkers contributed to the development of the report through extensive consultations. They provided southern perspectives on issues related to sustainable human development that many countries of the global South are facing while also sharing good practices and policy recommendations
Unlocking our Sound Heritage (UOSH) christmas audio anthology
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGMSi0oOHIs&feature=youtu.be
new from the London Metropolitan Archives
a wonderful eclectic mix of sound recordings from their collection relating to Christmas. The 30 min tape complete with the old fashioned cassette like clicks! has christmas songs (including ILEA Caribbean christmas music) oral history recordings and recipes. it
Track 2 – Alex Elden came to Britain from Jamaica to volunteer with the RAF during WWII, here he remembers seeing snow for the first time while training in Yorkshire | Southwark at War, Southwark Local History Library and Archive
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