Wednesday 29 November 2017

Eliminate violence against women- 16 days of activism campaign


From 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, to 10 December, Human Rights Day, the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign seeks to end violence agains girls and women.

Get information about the campaign on the UN website.
it also lists themes from earlier years.
The campaign Facebook site has messages of support and images.

Background resources.

Read the UN resolution relating to the creation of the elimination of violence against women day
(OHCHR) - Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights- has links to resources, papers and campaigns.

They include information on the
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women Cedaw (1979)
with information on the stages of ratification.
RightsInfo has commentary on the status of the UK which has not yet ratified it.
European Womens Lobby has details of EU European Parliament activities
LSE Centre for Women Peace and Security has a timeline on tackling violence against women

Statistics on violence against women.


World Health Organization facts.Global estimates published by WHO indicate that about 1 in 3 (35%) of women worldwide have experienced either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence in their lifetime.

UN Database on Violence against Women has country files with links to legisaltion and statistics

2014 EU survey
over 40,000 surveyed. Found that '33% of women had experienced physical and/or sexual violence since the age of 15. That corresponds to 62 million women.'

End Violence Against Women has information about the nature , extent and measures to prevent violence in the UK. The Office for National Statistics has datasets covering 2016 they include domestic violence and stalking.

CPS violence against women crime reports



Wednesday 22 November 2017

What is black friday? find out more with our free research resources




 According to a newspaper report in the Guardian this week
British shoppers are expected to spend £10.1bn in the week of Black Friday, nearly 4% higher than
 but what are the facts.

what is the impact of  black friday?
the Office for National Statistics has data on Internet retail compared to  shopping in store. See if it is higher in december . The November and
 December 2016 statistics. show evidence of black friday boosts.

The BRC KMPG retail sales monitor for November 2016 also considers the impact of black frioday on sales last year.

How about in 2017?
According to the American National Retail Federation 164 million  intend to shop over the weekend








Today is budget day - free academic links

Today is Budget 2017! Follow the news and predictions with our recommended links.

The budget will take place on  23rd November 2017 Live TV will be made available on the parliamentary channel
Transcripts will be made available later in the day on Hansard
LSE members can watch archived materials (since 1997) via the Box of Broadcasts service 

News reports

BBC news
Telegraph
Guardian

LSE staff and students can our FT.com subscription for special reports plus Nexis UK for daily newspaper coverage

Financial analysis from accountancy and financial services, tax firms

IFS produce a green budget. Their website also has other associated papers.
Deloitte preview
PWC
EY Club Budget
ICAEW
Saffery Champness
Grant Thornton
BDO
KPMG
RSM

Industry and think tank submissions to the Chancellor.
CBI
EEF
Federation of Small Businesses
Freight Transport Association
Institute of Directors.
National Farmers Union. 
TUC
Housing
National Housing Federation
Shelter

Health/ Social care organisations
AgeUK
Kings Fund/ Nuffield Foundation.
 Local Government Association.
NHS Providers

Education
Universities UK