It’s time to ‘eliminate the scourge of conflict-related sexual violence- see our resources

"Conflict-related sexual violence is a preventable crime, and should be a priority for the new UN Secretary-General". the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in conflict is held on 19th June read what Angelina Jolie said about this in a 2016 LSE event.

United Nations statements  

official website

the official resolution establishing the day in 2015.

2018 Report of the Secretary-General on conflict-related sexual violence (S/2018/250)

Illustrated version

Closing the protection gap for children born of war LSE report by Joanne Neenan

UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict (UN Action) unites the work of 13 UN entities with the goal of ending sexual violence in conflict. It has information about the Stop Rape Now campaign

It website has field updates with programmes for specific regions

testimonies

Special UN representative

web site has recent press releases, speeches and reports

UN team of experts reports

United Nations Peacekeeping hub has specialist training guides they include procedures for protection of staff

Peace Women - Womens International Legaue Peace and Freedom has a resource library wioth statements and reports on this issue

Gaming is classified as an addiction - should it be? find out more with our links.

According to the latest classification of mental health diseases IC 11 from the World Health Organisation. It is listed as an addiction.
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) 2016 update to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the taxonomic and diagnostic tool published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) also listed gaming as a disorderin a recent update

Why has this happened?
Video and intenet games have often sparked controversy
They are now widely played
IFSE has data on the percentage of the population who play games in European nations. in 2017 they found 43% of the population of the UK 6-64 played an average of 9.5 hours per week. 'ERA data shows that the value of the UK games market for home sales almost equals that of music and video combined, comprising 46.3% of the overall value of the sector in 2017'

Certainly many psychologises recognise and treat it . See TechAddiction Canada for exmaples of an organisation whioch supports and collects evidence for 'addicts'

However a number of scholars disagreed with the 2016 WHO proposal to classify it as an addiction. Read the full text.

Scholars’ open debate paper on the World Health Organization ICD-11 Gaming Disorder proposal
there has also been a recent 2018 paper which has pointed to lack of scientific evidence.
van Rooij, A. J., Ferguson, C. J., Colder Carras, M., Kardefelt-Winther, D., Shi, J., & Przybylski, A. K. (2018, February 8). A weak scientific basis for gaming disorder: Let us err on the side of caution. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/KC7R9
in 2016 University of Oxford scholars found evidence of some adiction but found it less than gambling. 

Looking for more evidence

NHS evidence enables you to quickly search for NHS advice on the issue which considers the benefits and risks of online gaming.
Pubmed also has studies considering this.
for instance this PLOS article from 2012

The Development of the Problematic Online Gaming Questionnaire (POGQ)

 

World cup - who will win consult these academic economic prediction models

If you are looking forward to the world cup you might like to try consulting these economci research resources to find out who might win!

Goldman Sachs has predicted Brazil will win its sixth World Cup title—defeating Germany in the final on July 15. Read the full details in its briefing

Danke Bank predictions

University of Adelaide Dr Steve Beggs

University of Innsbruck -
Probabilistic forecasts for the 2018 FIFA World Cup based on the bookmaker consensus model (available via Repec)

Bloomberg has compared some of the predictions

The FT has a special section of World Cup football analysis  Some items offered for subscribers only.