Social science sites of the week 22nd March 2021

 In the news this week Covid 

still updating the blog here  

http://socialsciencecurrentwareness.blogspot.com/ 

 

 

COVID-19 and School Closures: One year of education disruption (UNICEF)
Based on the UNESCO tracker of school closures and UIS database on school enrolment , this UNICEF report provides an overview of school closures from March 11, 2020 to February 2, 2021 in more than 200 countries.

 

Report on the UN Women global response to COVID-19 

Covers global, national and regional responses and includes information on social protection, economic protection and. response to protect against domestic violence 


 

On a related topic also published this week 

Protecting Women’s Livelihoods in Times of Pandemic: Temporary Basic Income and the Road to Gender Equality (UNDP)
 

and the possible impact of the pandemic on a rise in child marriage- UNICEF 

 

Also on the theme of women and covid in the UK 

Research released this week from Kings College 

looked at experiences of furlough during the early months of the pandemic, between April and July 2020. and found that “ In July 2020, 31% of women who had been furloughed at any point during the pandemic had worked zero hours since March, compared with 20% of their male peers.” 

 

and the latest briefing published jointly with UK Women's Budget Group, Engender and Close the Gap (Scotland), Women Equality Network Wales, and Northern Ireland Women’s Budget Group (NIWBG) found that disabled mothers were three times likely to lose their jobs compared to non-disabled mothers 

 

 Women in Congress 1917 – 2020 

the latest edition of this factual reference book from the US Government 

includes total numbers, names or women in Congress and their roles. Previous editions are also available via the website. 

 

see more recent reports on women and gender via scoop.it page 

 

How can online learning be improved? 

An especially relevant question at the moment. See the results of a JISC survey 

based on responses from  21,697 higher education (HE) students and 5,372 in further education (FE) conducted between October 2020- 30 April 2021 it focuses on the positive and negative aspects of their experience of remote learning and offers suggestions for future development 

 


For International Day of Happiness 20th March 

The World Happiness Report is a survey of the state of global happiness that ranks over 150
countries by how happy their citizens feel themselves to be. Read reports and download the data on the website. the blog discusses the impact of covid

Oecd also has a Better life index which examines objective and subjective feelings of happiness

What about the impact of Covid?

In July 2020 Imperial College released this report from the Covid 19 Behaviour Tracker
See the main website for regular updates of data on all forms of behaviour and responses. Methodology is supplied.

In terms of the UK the ONS is conducting regular personal wellbeing surveys.It also considers levels of anxiety.

The annual report covering up to March 2020 there was already significant worsening.

For a useful listing of UK surveys containing questions relating to the impact of Covid. See this handy guide from the UK Data Archive. Many of these are related to issues of wellbeing 

 

Talking Stories: Encyclopedia Of Traditional Ecological Knowledge” 

New from the University of Oregon. 

designed to raise awareness of  Indigenous oral traditions and ecological knowledge 

it incorporates storytelling traditions from hunter gatherers worldwide 

it covers: ecological knowledge 

ecological cues, ethnobotany, it is possible to browse entries by region or theme 

 

 

LGBTQ+ Artists Represented in the Performing Arts Special Collections 

in the Library of Congress Music Division 

it is the result of an investigation into the representation of LGBT plus performers in the collections. it also identifies key holdings 

Nearly 25% of special collections in the section were identified as having an lgbt community connection. 

 

Towards ethical testimonies of sexual violence. during conflict
These resources have been developed by Professor Nayanika Mookherjee (Anthropology, Durham University) in collaboration with Research Initiatives Bangladesh (RIB) based on her publications 

They constitute a valuable resource for researchers in these difficult sensitive areas. It provides  a set of guidelines, a graphic novel and an animation film outlining how to ethically record testimonies of sexual violence.  


 

Finally to change the mood on a fun note 

Glasgow women’s library are gradually working on digitising the covers of their marvellous collection of knitting patterns. Browse some amazing retro examples from here  


https://collections.womenslibrary.org.uk/museum/?eHive_query=knitting

 

 

Keep up with more positive thoughts and quotes 

Everyday on twitter 

 

Best wishes 

 

Heather Dawson 

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