Social science sites of the week 17th September 2021

Here is the latest update of new and important social science sites of the week 



in the news the winter covid plan 

 

 UK Government covid winter plan 2021/2 

PM speech 14th September  

Sage Planning modelling documents - 8th September 

Science media centre reaction 

Academy of Medical Sciences 

BMJ coverage 

NHS providers 

BASW - social workers 

Nursing Times 

Libdem reaction 

 

see more coverage on links to uk government and major social science research 

http://socialsciencecurrentwareness.blogspot.com/2021/09/covid-winter-plan-and-responses.html 

 

Elevating Gender Equality in COVID-19 Economic Recovery
An evidence synthesis and call for policy action FP analytics report 

Foreign policy has summarised evidence form studies on the impact of covid on women worldwide. it includes sections on work, care and gender data 

 

Recent international research on covid 

The COVID-19 crisis: what explains cross-country differences in the pandemic’s short-term economic impact? (DESA Working Paper No. 174) 

 

One and a half years after: the impact of COVID-19 on the human rights of migrant; Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Felipe González Morales (A/76/257, 30 July 2021) 

English, French & Spanish:

  

Urban-Nexus Environmental Assessment Tool (U-NEAT+)
The United Nations launched a free online tool recently which is to  help humanitarian aid workers  rapidly identify and mitigate environmental risks when responding to crises. The free, cloud-based Urban-Nexus Environmental Assessment Tool (U-NEAT+) offers an easy way to assess a range of potential environmental threats and sensitivities and suggests how to mitigate them.  risks assessed include: shelter, food security, health, livelihoods, and water, sanitation and hygiene. the website has manuals and some case studies of usage 

see more on international development resources via the scoop it page 

https://www.scoop.it/topic/international-development-by-heather-dawson 

 

 ‘Pay and Progression of Women of Colour Literature Review’ 

The Fawcett Society has recently launched a project to review employment and career progression  of BAME women in the UK . As an important part of this it has published a literature which summarises facts and statistics on the current state of affairs 

All stages of employment are covered from transitions in to employment, university entry and qualifications. 

 

Pethick-Lawrence papers Trinity College Cambridge 

This fascinating blog post  describes describes a visit to Egypt by  

Emmeline Pethick in 1904. It reminded me that the site also contains an online exhibition about the Pethick-Lawrences and a large number of letters have been digitised . see some examples 

 

Visual Vocabulary - an interactive guide to visualise and chart data   

from Financial Times and Royal Geographical Society 

A great getting started guide which helps you decide which type of visual display of data you need. Select a category and it suggests potential usages and examples. A large number of categories are included such as spatial, correlation and ranking 

 

 

INEW Explosive Weapons Monitor. 

 International Network on Explosive Weapons (INEW) recently  launched a new civil society initiative – the Explosive Weapons Monitor – this monthly newsletter for NGOs and researchers  

 Aims to publish data on incidents of explosive weapon use, civilian casualties and the impact on access to aid, education and healthcare . Past issues are available via the. Website enabling historical tracking  

 

 

BBC Rewind 

A magnificent website from the BBC Rewind which provides free access to BBC archive news programmes reflecting life and events in Northern Ireland from 1952 to December 1979.Most are news clips from  

BBC Northern Ireland news and current affairs programmes including Ulster Mirror. It includes coverage of the 

Troubles as well as quirky news stories  

Best wishes

Heather Dawson

https://socialsciencecurrentawareness.wordpress.com/

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