Final statement on Popline from Michael J. Klag, MD, MPH, Bloomberg School of Public Health

April 8, 2008
Follow Up Statement Regarding POPLINE Database
On Friday, April 4, I learned that the administrators of the POPLINE family-planning database had blocked the term “abortion” as a keyword, which made it more difficult for users of the database to find information on the topic. When I learned of this decision, I immediately reversed it. [...]

Nadereh Chamlou to speak at Storrs on Tuesday

Tuesday, April 29, 3:30, BPB (Bio Physics Building) 130:
“The myth and reality of gender equality and women’s empowerment in the Middle East and North Africa Region.”  Lecture by Nadereh Chamlou.
Sponsored by the Office of International Affairs (OIA), the Women’s Studies Program, and the Middle East Studies Group
About the Speaker:
Nadereh Chamlou is Senior [...]

More Events for Sexual Assault Awareness Month – Storrs Campus

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Stalking and Cyberstalking: Identification and Safety on Campus
Monday April 21, 4 pm, Women’s Center
Linda Blozie, Director of Public Affairs: Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence will discuss how we can define and recognize stalking, share information about prevalence on college campuses, review strategies for risk reduction and primary prevention education. In particular, she will [...]

Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (H.R. 2831): Senate vote by next Wednesday (4/23)

From AAUW –
American Association of University Women – Two Minute Activist
The Senate is expected to vote by next Wednesday on legislation to address the Supreme Court’s decision in the Ledbetter v. Goodyear case. Due to procedural rules and the timing of the vote, they will be voting on the House version of the Fair [...]

More from the Independent Women’s Forum

Independent Womens Forum – A Bargain At 77 Cents To a Dollar
(The name of this organization is misleading. Read their words very carefully. See my earlier post at http://wsliblog.wordpress.com/2008/02/10/ )
When women realize that it isn’t systemic bias but the choices they make that determine their earnings, they can make better-informed decisions. Many women may not want to [...]

Getting Off – Pornography and the End of Masculinity

Sexual Assault Awareness Month event:
Monday, April 7, at the Students Union Theater in Storrs
Robert Jensen: Getting Off – Pornography and the End of Masculinity:
Journalist, activist and author Robert Jensen will discuss his most recent book, Getting Off – “Expertly combining the ‘the personal’ with ‘the political,’ Robert Jensen exposes the pervasive misogyny of today’s pornography [...]

Access to Abortion Search to be Restored in POPLINE

A very quick turn- around thanks to many activists in the feminist and library communities. Excellent!
Our Bodies Our Blog: Access to Abortion Search to be Restored in POPLINE; Johns Hopkins Releases Statement

Statement on POPLINE search term

Dean Klag has posted his official response to the change to Popline:
Statement on POPLINE search term

I could not disagree more strongly with this decision, and I have directed that the POPLINE administrators restore “abortion” as a search term immediately. I will also launch an inquiry to determine why this change occurred.The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg [...]

Why is a Government-Funded Reproductive Health Database Blocking Users from Searching for Abortion Articles? « Women’s Health News

Popline, which describes itself as “Your connection to the world’s reproductive health literature”, is blocking the term “abortion” in its keyword searches. In effect, it has required that its search engine ignore that term in all searches.  Since it is funded by Government monies, the Johns Hopkins database administrators have decided that this is [...]