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Friday 8 March 2013

Celebrate international Womens day - with our free recommended resources


To celebrate international Womens day on the 8th of March we are linking to a series of recommended and favourite sites covering women and gender studies. http://lselibraryresearch.blogspot.co.uk/

In this first section: International Womens day resources.
A collection of special sites created by organisations to celebrate this event

Hear the One Woman Song from the UN

UN website
Has a history of the event, records of past days, news and basic facts and figures about women.

ILO puts the spotlight on sexual harassment. See their statement

Council of Europe Statements and files.

internationalwomensday.com is a global hub for sharing International Women’s Day information, events, news and resources. Find out about the history of the day and events in your area.
Follow it in real time on the Twitter section.
The resources section. has posters badges and online videos.

UK Government has released an interesting map showing its efforts to encourage female empowerment worldwide.
Goldman Sachs 10,000 women - photo site sharing the success stories of Women entrepreneurs worldwide.
Accenture have released research on what makes women happy in the workplace

TES- teaching guides for schools about Womens day


Heather dawson
LSE