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Global Perspectives
Resources & Official websites
You may use the following links to look for generally reliable information for your Team Projects
and Individual Reports

GENERAL RESOURCES/WEBPAGES
General information on countries
 The CIA World factbook: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/
Provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography,
communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities,
via the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.
 WANGO https://www.wango.org/
In this website you can click on a country and you’ll find a list of the existing organisations
and their websites.
Useful encyclopaedias and dictionaries
 Encyclopaedia Britannica https://www.britannica.com/
 Cambridge Dictionary https://dictionary.cambridge.org/
 Wordreference https://www.wordreference.com/
 Linguee https://www.linguee.es/
You can translate texts/paragraphs here. Be careful and make sure the translation makes
sense and belongs to its context.
International Organisations
The United Nations (UN) https://www.un.org/en/
The World Health Organization (WHO) https://www.who.int/
UNICEF https://www.unicef.org/
Greenpeace https://www.greenpeace.org/international/
The WWF https://www.worldwildlife.org/
Amnesty International https://www.amnesty.org/en/
The Red Cross https://www.icrc.org/en
International Labor Organization https://www.ilo.org/global/lang--en/index.htm
European Union (EU) https://european-union.europa.eu/index_en
UNESCO https://www.unesco.org/en
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SPECIFIC INFORMATION PER TOPIC – TEAM PROJECT SECTION

Conflict & Peace
IPIS
www.ipisresearch.be/?&lang=en
International Peace Information Service. An independent research institute devoted to peace and
development in sub-Saharan Africa. Focus on arms trade, exploitation of natural resources, and
business and human rights.
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
https://www.sipri.org/research/conflict-peace-and-security
The Organization for World Peace
https://theowp.org/
Peace Direct
https://www.peacedirect.org/
United Nations Peacekeeping
https://peacekeeping.un.org/en

Disease & Health

Health Talk
https://healthtalk.org/
Rare Diseases
https://rarediseases.org/
International Society for Infectious Diseases
https://isid.org/
Pan American Health Organization
https://www.paho.org/en
The Health Foundation
https://www.health.org.uk/
International Youth Health Organization
https://www.yho.network/
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Human Rights
Human Rights Watch
https://www.hrw.org/
The following link contains a list of the 25 most popular Human Rights organizations:
https://www.humanrightscareers.com/magazine/international-human-rights-organizations/

Language & Communication

World Language Organizations
https://flenj.org/world-language-organizations/
Language and identity
https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/185439-Language-and-identity
All world languages in one visualization
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/a-world-of-languages/
The 100 most spoken languages
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/100-most-spoken-languages/

Poverty & Inequality

Info on poverty around the world
https://www.globalissues.org/article/4/poverty-around-the-world
Save the Children
https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/
The World Bank: poverty and inequality
https://datatopics.worldbank.org/world-development-indicators/themes/poverty-and-
inequality.html
Poverty and inequality topic guide
https://www.shareweb.ch/site/Poverty-Wellbeing/resources/Documents/Poverty%20and
%20Inequality%20Topic%20Guide%202016_GSDRC.pdf
Child poverty and inequality in Argentina
https://www.unicef.org/argentina/media/8996/file/Child%20Poverty%20and%20COVID19%20in
%20Argentina.pdf
Fight inequality, beat poverty OXFAM international
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https://www.oxfam.org/en/take-action/campaigns/fight-inequality-beat-poverty
Poverty and education
https://www.childfund.org/poverty-and-education/
Understanding How Poverty is the Main Barrier to Education
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/poverty-education-satistics-facts/
How Education affects poverty
https://www.concernusa.org/story/how-education-affects-poverty/
Poverty and its impact on students
https://www.nassp.org/poverty-and-its-impact-on-students-education/
Relationship between poverty and learning
https://borgenproject.org/what-is-the-relationship-between-poverty-and-learning/

Sport & Recreation

Olympic Games History
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/olympic-games-history.html
UK’s sport and recreation alliance
https://www.sportandrecreation.org.uk/
FIFA
https://www.fifa.com/
World Rugby
https://www.world.rugby/
Unión Argentina de Rugby
https://uar.com.ar/
Hockey World League
https://www.fih.ch/events/hockey-world-league/
Recreation, leisure and sport
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK310922/
Recreation, sport and arts
https://www.qld.gov.au/recreation
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Tradition, Culture & Identity

BBC: Cultural Traditions
https://www.bbc.com/travel/tags/cultural-traditions
Google Arts & Culture
https://artsandculture.google.com/
Psychology Today
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/identity
Beauty standards around the world
https://www.slice.ca/this-is-how-beauty-standards-differ-around-the-world-remake/
Women’s most absurd beauty standards
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/beauty/womens-most-absurd-beauty-standards-
around-the-world/articleshow/84133179.cms
Gender differences in body evaluation
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00544/full
Body and beauty standards
https://www.bradley.edu/sites/bodyproject/standards/
The double standards in beauty standards
https://www.thedailystar.net/shout/news/the-double-standards-beauty-standards-2038729
Beauty standards in Argentina
https://kssims.wixsite.com/mysite/post/beauty-standards-in-argentina
Varones y estereotipos de belleza
https://elgritodelsur.com.ar/2021/08/varones-corporalidades-como-afectan-estereotipos-
masculinidades.html
Los superhéroes y el estándar de belleza
https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/01/27/buenavida/1548607250_966674.html
Estándares de belleza en Argentina (artículos de diarios)
https://tn.com.ar/todesnosotres/2022/03/22/la-mujer-que-se-viralizo-al-hablar-de-estandares-de-
belleza-argentinos-revele-un-problema-general/
https://www.lanacion.com.ar/sociedad/linda-y-flaca-por-que-los-estandares-de-belleza-pueden-
convertirse-en-un-agobio-constante-nid26032022/
https://www.clarin.com/sociedad/-senti-fea-toda-estadia-argentina-posteo-estandares-belleza-
pais-hizo-viral_0_4a3zy7ZF4t.html
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https://www.losandes.com.ar/por-las-redes/siento-que-los-estandares-esteticos-alla-son-la-
dictadura-el-desahogo-viral-de-una-sociologa-que-vive-en-barcelona-tras-visitar-argentina/
The Perfect Man
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210707-what-does-the-perfect-man-look-like-now
Male beauty standards
https://westminsterpawprints.com/features/2021/12/10/in-depth-looking-into-modern-day-male-
beauty-standards/#:~:text=However%2C%20in%20Western%20society%2C%20the,physique
%20are%20considered%20more%20desirable.&text=Social%20media%20platforms%2C
%20such%20as,standard%20of%20beauty%20for%20men.
Newspaper articles related to the effects of beauty standards on teenagers
https://centerfordiscovery.com/blog/obsession-beauty-linked-depression-teens/
#:~:text=Adolescents%20with%20negative%20body%20images,Hospital%2C%20Butler
%20Hospital%20and%20Brown
https://www.vikingvibe.com/post/the-effect-of-beauty-standards-on-adolescents
https://www.girlsempowermentnetwork.org/blog/media-today-unattainable-beauty-standards
How exposure to the media can harm your teen’s body image
https://www.verywellfamily.com/media-and-teens-body-image-2611245