sites of the week 12 March

In the news this week 

 

Ukraine 

Some useful collections of factual papers 

UNRIC Library Backgrounder: Ukraine 

Overview of the latest information from the United Nations system on the Ukraine crisis. 

House of Commons papers 

CRS reports for US Congress 

 

More international reports on COVID 

Caring for those who care – Guide for the development and implementation of occupational health and safety programmes for health workers (ILO / WHO)

COVID-19 Research and Innovation: Powering the world’s pandemic response – now and in the future (WHO)

See more on the blog 

 

Inclusive Britain 

The release of a new policy to tackle racial inequality in the UK.  which is a response to the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities. 

see more on our scoop.it page 

including a report on racial and ethnic inequality in chemistry funding and research which was released this week and shows why more work is needed. 

 

Our World in Data migration explorer 

Explore global data on immigration, refugees and asylum seekers.in a new visual dashboard created by a World in Data using statistics  derived from  United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA).sources. it includes migration, refugee and asylum seeker categories . Generate tables graphs and data that can be downloaded for sets of countries or worldwide 

Toksave Pacific Gender Resource 

Academic database created by established university researchers from the region which aims to bring together on one site research to inform all aspects of gender policy in Asia Pacific region and to highlight the work of local experts 

It includes details of academic networks, events as well as links to recent research  

 

Women’s Resilience to Disasters (WRD) Knowledge HubLaunched by UN Women in partnership with the Australian Government this new site aims to spotlight research and resources relating to  gender-responsive disaster risk reduction and resilience.  

includes sections with women’s voices; policy document trackers, regional resources and a  

The WRD Library provides access to over 1,400 key resources (including from PreventionWeb and UN Women) for building women's resilience to disasters and threats. 

 

She Stands for Peace, new site created by The UN Office to the African Union (UNOAU) with the support of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Government of Sweden. It will provide information and access to resources  on UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on the Women, Peace and Security agenda in relation to Africa. This will include African union and other peacekeeping resources and a collection of podcasts 

Listen to podcasts with key actors 

 

Salford Digital Archives  

From the university of Salford a gateway to their great online archive resources and catalogues . 

Highlights include photographic archives of Salford and the midlands. Over 80 A photographs from the collections of the Working Class Movement Library, dated c1910-c1980. Topics include strikes and labour disputes, the Manchester Communist Party, Spanish Civil War and women workers. Material is being continuously added 

 

Finally the Hitch hikers Guide to the Galaxy game. Created in the 1980s and written by the author see this text based game 

Best wishes
Heather Dawson

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