sites of the week 15th July 2022
Here is the latest
update of new and interesting sites of the week
Government
responses to COVID-19: Lessons on gender equality for a world in turmoil UN
Based on an analysis nearly 5,000 measures
adopted by 226 countries and territories during the pandemic this UN Women and
UNDP report finds that government responses paid insufficient attention to
gender though there were examples of innovation which are highlighted.
The
State of Global Learning Poverty: 2022 Update
World Bank report
This new report from the World
Bank uses a definition of learning
poverty, as a measure of children unable
to read and understand a simple passage by age 10. It finds that the pandemic
and lockdown have worsened the situation worldwide.
Digitised
Greenham Common peace camp archives.
Some of the LSE
library’s archive relating to the Greenham Common peace camps have now been
digitised and presented as a photo- archive on the website of the Greenham
Common everywhere website.
See a discussion of the
archiving of
Greenham memories in this recent webinar
Digitised women’s peace campaign
posters from the lse collections.
A useful webinar on how to locate feminist peace
archives.
Also released
recently another upgrade- the corporate digital Archive
The TFL Transport for London
Archive
includes coverage of
trains, underground and buses in London
there are staff
newsletters, photographs, documents and posters covering all aspects of
transport social history.
highlights
posters, activities during wartime and the changing roles and work of women.
Africa SDGs
Progress Dashboard
The African Centre for Statistics of the United
Nations Economic Commission for Africa has created a new statistics website -
Africa SDGs Progress Dashboard. It maps progress against the 17 SDG indicators
for the whole of Africa, specific regions and
countries. There are also news stories. The tool is a joint work between
the five United Nations Regional Commissions (ECA, ECE, ECLAC, ESCAP, ESCWA).
Marvellous title from
Warwick digital Library which has a work in the sweated trades industrial
history collection which is of great value for those studying the economic and
social history of womens work as women were disproportionately concentrated working
in these sectors.
The library is gradually digitising these items most of which come from the TUC
archives. Other items include Anti-sweating society, Fabian society and other
reports from trade boards.
Trowelblazers
Is a great site which
spotlights and provides stories and biographies of women
in the ‘digging’ sciences: archaeology, geology, and palaeontology. Fascinating
to explore. Includes current practitioners and early pioneers from many parts
of the world.
LCC Zine Collection
(arts.ac.uk)
Great site for finding
information about the collection held by the London College of Communication.
It has information on the collection, examples of digitised copies, details of
workshops and training workshops. Includes feminist and LGBT plus examples.
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has launched
a new data platform. It includes cross national data for over 200 indicators
covering the themes:connectivity, markets, affordability, trust governance, and
sustainability. The dashboard enables interactivity so users can create and
download their own data
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