International equal pay day - get some facts with our free academic links

 18 h September is designated International Equal pay day

Some key documents are: 

• Human Rights Council resolution on Equal Pay (2019)
• ILO Centenary Declaration (2019)
• World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends for Women (2018

Key organisations 

• Equal Pay International Coalition (EPIC)
• Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on Women’s Economic

For information on the UK see

Gender pay gap reporting service- find data on companies with over 250 employees

2019 ONS gender pay gap data

Fawcett society campaigns and commentary 

TUC trade union commentary 

Equal Pay Portal has a good set of links to statistics and advice

IFS has detailed economic analysis of trends

Eurostat data from EU nations

ILO global trends and analysis in wages

South - South cooperation - why is it important? our research links

UN Day South South Cooperation is held on the 12th September 

it is intended to mark the importance of networks of collaboration amongst nations in the Global south as a key to development.

This report  summarises the challenges and opportunities it offers.

• Role of South-South cooperation and the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Challenges and opportunities 2018 (A/73/383)

There are annual reports on recent activities

• State of South-South cooperation 2019 (A/74/336)

These are key outcomes from recent conferences

• Nairobi Outcome Document of the United Nations High-level Conference on South-South Cooperation (2010)
• BAPA+40 Outcome Document, Report of the Second High-Level United Nations Conference On South-South Cooperation

Key bodies for finding reports from agencies on the topic.

• United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC) has regular project reports 
• UNDP-South-South Cooperation
• FAO-South-South Cooperation
• FAO's South-South Cooperation Gateway
• UNICEF South-South Cooperation for children

practitioners reports

try searching the ALNAP library for examples of case studies

 

International Day of charity - resources for social scientists on the impact of Covid

The United Nations has designated by resolution A/RES/67/105 the 5th of September, the anniversary of the death of Mother Teresa, as the International Day of Charity.

Who gives to Charity?

The CAF World Giving index ranks over 140 nations worldwide on levels of charitable giving . It bases this on whether individuals give money, volunteer or help a stranger.

There is also a UK giving index 

the financial status and income of UK charities.

This site from NCVO provides information on data from UK charities supplied by the Charities Commission. They include income and employees

What has been the impact of Covid on giving ?

the Charities Aid Foundation  website is a good starting point for tracing recent news stories and research

#NeverMore - is a campaign by a coalition of Uk charity organisations to campaign for assistance and to raise the profile of charities during the Covid pandemic when they are needed more but incomes are lower. They include ACEVO, Womens Resource Centre . The site has campaign materials as well as press releases and research on the impact from the charities