freedomhouse.org: Women’s Rights Survey

Freedom House has been in existence since 1941. They looks at many aspects of freedom around the globe. This study of Women’s Rights in the Middle East and North African countries (MENA) is set to be completed by fall of 2009. Statistics so far are very telling.
“It is vital that MENA countries more urgently recognize [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]